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Index: FR FR->EN
===00===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===11===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===1170===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===19===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
===1905===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===1993===
en {fr-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
===20===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
===2001===
en {fr-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
===4===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
===5===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===9===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
***a***
a- (prefix) :: {{non-gloss definition|A prefix forming words, especially verbs, that denote entering a state, making progress toward a goal, or the like.}}
a- (prefix) :: a-, non-, -less.
(Old French) a- (prefix) :: {{non-gloss definition|indicating movement towards something}}
(Old French) a- (prefix) :: {by extension} {{non-gloss definition|indicating a change of state}}
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
***A***
A {{fr-letter|upper=A|lower=a}} :: {{Latn-def|fr|letter|1}}
A {{fr-letter|upper=A|lower=a}} :: {capital form|à}
A {{fr-letter|upper=A|lower=a}} :: {capital form|â}
===â===
A {{fr-letter|upper=A|lower=a}} :: {capital form|â}
***aa***
aa {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{geology|often|attributive}} The surface of an aa lava flow.
***abaca***
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: A banana tree, the abaca
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: Manilla hemp.
===abada===
abada {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abader|3|s|past historic}
===abader===
abada {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abader|3|s|past historic}
***abalone***
abalone {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|gastronomy|uncommon}} The abalone.
***abandon***
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: surrender
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: abandonment
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} complete neglect
***abandoner***
(Old French) abandoner (verb) :: to abandon
===abattage===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
***abattis***
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{cooking|plurale tantum}} The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {military} An abatis.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{dated|slang|usually|plurale tantum}} The limbs.
abattis {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abattre|1|s|past historic}
abattis {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abattre|2|s|past historic}
***abattoir***
abattoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A slaughterhouse.
===abattre===
abattis {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abattre|1|s|past historic}
abattis {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abattre|2|s|past historic}
***abbatial***
abbatial {{fr-adj|mp=abbatiaux}} :: abbatial
abbatial {{fr-noun|m|plural=abbatiaux}} :: The quarters of the abbot and monks within an abbey.
***abdication***
abdication {{fr-noun|f}} :: abdication
***abdo***
abdo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{rare|_|in the singular}} ab (abdominal muscle)
***abdomen***
abdomen {{fr-noun|m}} :: abdomen
***abdominal***
abdominal {{fr-adj|mp=abdominaux}} :: abdominal; of the abdomen.
abdominales {{fr-adj-form|f|p}} :: {feminine plural of|abdominal}
douleurs abdominales :: abdominal pains
===abdominales===
abdominales {{fr-adj-form|f|p}} :: {feminine plural of|abdominal}
douleurs abdominales :: abdominal pains
***abduction***
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} Abductive movement; abduction.
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{logic|computing}} Abductive reasoning; abduction.
***abeille***
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
===abeilles===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
***aberrance***
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {statistics} Character of what is aberrant.
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {uncommon} An aberration or anomaly.
***aberrant***
aberrant {fr-adj} :: Aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
aberrant {fr-adj} :: {sciences} Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.
***aberration***
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: The state of being aberrant.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {astronomy} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {optics} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} An aberration or mutation.
===abhorrent===
abhorrent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abhorrer|3|p|pres|ind}
abhorrent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abhorrer|3|p|pres|sub}
***abhorrer***
abhorrer {fr-verb} :: to abominate, to abhor, toloathe
(Middle French) abhorrer (verb) :: to abhor
abhorrent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abhorrer|3|p|pres|ind}
abhorrent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abhorrer|3|p|pres|sub}
===abime===
abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|abîme}
abyme {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} {alternative form of|abime}
===abîme===
abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|abîme}
***abit***
(Old French) abit {{fro-noun|m|abiz|abiz}} :: item of clothing
(Old French) habit {{fro-noun|m|habiz|habiz}} :: {alternative form of|abit}
***abject***
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
abject {fr-adj} :: {{literary|obsolete}} Of the lowest social position.
***abjection***
abjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {literary} Something that is worthy of utter contempt.
***abjuration***
abjuration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {formal} The action of abjurer.
===abjure===
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|1|s|pres|ind}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|3|s|pres|ind}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|1|s|pres|sub}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|1|s|pres|sub}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|2|s|imp}
***abjurer***
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {{very|formal}} To renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure.
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {religion} To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} To reject by oath someone's authority.
abjuration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {formal} The action of abjurer.
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|1|s|pres|ind}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|3|s|pres|ind}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|1|s|pres|sub}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|1|s|pres|sub}
abjure {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abjurer|2|s|imp}
***ablactation***
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{medicine|archaic}} The weaning of a child.
***ablation***
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "[http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/25/186742.html Brebis égarée]", Le Devoir: :: --
... se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming" :: --
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} ablation
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sciences} ablation
***able***
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel.
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
-able (suffix), plural: -ables :: able to be done (similar to English, above)
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|worthy of, deserving of}}
honnorable :: honorable
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|-ing, creating an effect, an influence}}
forsenable :: maddening
===ables===
-able (suffix), plural: -ables :: able to be done (similar to English, above)
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|worthy of, deserving of}}
honnorable :: honorable
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|-ing, creating an effect, an influence}}
forsenable :: maddening
===ablette===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
===abluent===
abluent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abluer|3|p|pres|ind}
abluent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abluer|3|p|pres|sub}
===abluer===
abluent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abluer|3|p|pres|ind}
abluent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abluer|3|p|pres|sub}
***ablution***
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|Western|_|Christianity}} Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rare} A washing, especially ritual.
***abolition***
abolition {{fr-noun|f}} :: abolition.
***abominable***
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
***abomination***
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{chiefly|religion}} Revulsion, abomination, disgust.
***abord***
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} The surroundings of a place.
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} Arrival or accessibility by water.
===abortif===
abortive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine of|abortif}
===abortive===
abortive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine of|abortif}
***about***
about {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|technical}} The extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece.
***abracadabra***
abracadabra {fr-intj} :: abracadabra
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} A mystical word from kabbalism.
===abrase===
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|1|s|pres|ind}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|3|s|pres|ind}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|1|s|pres|sub}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|1|s|pres|sub}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|2|s|imp}
===abraser===
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|1|s|pres|ind}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|3|s|pres|ind}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|1|s|pres|sub}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|1|s|pres|sub}
abrase {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abraser|2|s|imp}
***abrasion***
abrasion {{fr-noun|f}} :: abrasion.
***abraxas***
abraxas {{fr-noun|m|pl=abraxas}} :: {{gnosticism|historical}} abraxas
***abreuvoir***
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A watering hole or place for animals.
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|proscribed}} A drinking fountain.
***abrogation***
abrogation {{fr-noun|f}} :: abrogation
***abrupt***
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Extremely steep, near vertical.
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Curt and abrupt.
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
***abscission***
abscission {{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} abscission
===abscond===
abscond {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abscondre|3|s|pres|ind}
il abscond :: he hides
===absconder===
absconder {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} {alternative form of|abscondre}
===abscondre===
abscond {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abscondre|3|s|pres|ind}
il abscond :: he hides
absconder {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} {alternative form of|abscondre}
***absence***
absence {{fr-noun|f}} :: absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).
***absent***
absent {fr-adj} :: absent
absent {fr-adj} :: absent-minded
absent {{fr-noun|m}} :: absentee; missing person
***absenter***
absenter {{fr-verb|sg=s'absenter}} :: {{context|always reflexive}} to leave; to absent oneself
***absinthe***
absinthe {{fr-noun|f}} :: wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
absinthe {{fr-noun|f}} :: absinthe
absinthe {fr-verb-form} :: See absinther
***absolution***
absolution {{fr-noun|f}} :: absolution (from sins or wrongs)
absolution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {legal} acquittal, absolution
***absorbable***
absorbable {fr-adj-mf} :: capable of being absorbed
===absorbent===
absorbent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|absorber|3|p|pres|ind}
absorbent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|absorber|3|p|pres|sub}
***absorber***
absorber {fr-verb} :: to absorb
absorbent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|absorber|3|p|pres|ind}
absorbent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|absorber|3|p|pres|sub}
***absorption***
absorption {{fr-noun|f}} :: absorption
***abstention***
abstention {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstention
***abstraction***
abstraction {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstraction
***abstruse***
abstruse (adjective) :: feminine inflection of abstrus
===abuse===
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|1|s|pres|ind}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|3|s|pres|ind}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|1|s|pres|sub}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|1|s|pres|sub}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|2|s|imp}
***abuser***
abuser {fr-verb} :: to abuse (use improperly)
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|1|s|pres|ind}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|3|s|pres|ind}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|1|s|pres|sub}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|1|s|pres|sub}
abuse {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abuser|2|s|imp}
***abusion***
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: abuse
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: deception; deceit
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: lie; untruth
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la desputizons dou croisie et dou descroisie.|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Tu dis si grant abusion
Que nus ne la porroit descrire[.]|translation=You say such lies
That no-one could describe them}} :: --
===abyme===
abyme {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} {alternative form of|abime}
***abyssal***
abyssal {{fr-adj-al|abyss}} :: abyssal
***acacia***
acacia {{fr-noun|f}} :: acacia
***acajou***
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: cashew tree; also, its fruit
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: mahogany tree; also, its timber
===acater===
(Old French) acater (verb) :: {Picardy} {alternative form of|achater}
***accent***
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (one's manner of speaking)
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (the symbol on a character)
***acceptable***
acceptable {fr-adj-mf} :: acceptable
===acceptant===
acceptant :: {present participle of|accepter}
===accepte===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
***accepter***
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
acceptant :: {present participle of|accepter}
***acception***
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: acceptation
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: one of the various listed meanings of a word in a dictionary
***accessible***
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a place, information, etc.}} accessible, attainable, obtainable, available.
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a price}} affordable
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a person}} approachable
***accident***
accident {{fr-noun|m}} :: accident
***acclamation***
acclamation {{fr-noun|f}} :: acclamation
***acclimatation***
acclimatation {{fr-noun|f}} :: acclimatization
===acclimate===
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|1|s|pres|ind}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|3|s|pres|ind}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|1|s|pres|sub}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|1|s|pres|sub}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|2|s|imp}
===acclimater===
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|1|s|pres|ind}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|3|s|pres|ind}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|1|s|pres|sub}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|1|s|pres|sub}
acclimate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|acclimater|2|s|imp}
***accolade***
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: curly bracket (brace)
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} accolade (knights)
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: embrace
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|1|s|pres|ind}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|3|s|pres|ind}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|1|s|pres|sub}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|1|s|pres|sub}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|2|s|imp}
===accolader===
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|1|s|pres|ind}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|3|s|pres|ind}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|1|s|pres|sub}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|1|s|pres|sub}
accolade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|accolader|2|s|imp}
***accommodation***
accommodation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accommodation
***accord***
accord {{fr-noun|m}} :: chord
accord {{fr-noun|m}} :: agreement
===accordant===
accordant :: {present participle of|accorder}
***accorder***
accorder {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To grant (something to someone)
accorder {fr-verb} :: To link to, to be related to
accorder {fr-verb} :: {grammar} To make agree
accorder {fr-verb} :: {music} To tune, to tune up
accorder {fr-verb} :: {sport} To award (a freek kick)
accordant :: {present participle of|accorder}
***accumulation***
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (action of accumulating)
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (result of accumulating)
===accusatif===
accusative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|accusatif}
***accusation***
accusation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accusation
===accusative===
accusative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|accusatif}
===accuse===
accuse :: {First- and third-person singular indicative present|accuser}
accuse :: {First- and third-person singular subjunctive present|accuser}
accuse :: {Ordinary second-person singular imperative present|accuser}
===accuser===
accuse :: {First- and third-person singular indicative present|accuser}
accuse :: {First- and third-person singular subjunctive present|accuser}
accuse :: {Ordinary second-person singular imperative present|accuser}
***ace***
ace {{fr-noun|m}} :: {tennis} ace
===achater===
(Old French) acater (verb) :: {Picardy} {alternative form of|achater}
***acidification***
acidification {{fr-noun|f}} :: acidification.
***acre***
acre {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} acre
***action***
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Action, act.
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Campaign.
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
***addition***
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)
===adjectif===
adjective {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|adjectif}
***adjectival***
adjectival {{fr-adj|mp=adjectivaux}} :: Adjectival
===adjective===
adjective {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|adjectif}
===adore===
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|1|s|pres|ind}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|3|s|pres|ind}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|1|s|pres|sub}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|1|s|pres|sub}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|2|s|imp}
===adorer===
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|1|s|pres|ind}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|3|s|pres|ind}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|1|s|pres|sub}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|1|s|pres|sub}
adore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|adorer|2|s|imp}
***adroit***
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
***adulation***
adulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: adulation
===aérien===
meeting {{fr-noun|m}} :: meeting, meet
un meeting aérien :: an air show
===affaires===
homme d'affaires (noun) :: a businessman
===affirmatif===
affirmative {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {Feminine singular|affirmatif}
===affirmative===
affirmative {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {Feminine singular|affirmatif}
===afin===
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
***age***
age {{fr-noun|m}} :: beam
age {{fr-noun|m}} :: shaft
===ai===
ai {fr-verb-form} :: {First-person singular indicative present|avoir}
J'ai un chien. :: --
I have a dog. :: --
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
avoir faim (phrase) :: to be hungry
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
***ail***
ail {{fr-noun|m}} (or, rarely, aulx) :: garlic
===aime===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===aimerais===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
***air***
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (gases of the atmosphere)
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: tune, aria
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: appearance
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (pretension)
***al***
(Old French) al (contraction) :: contraction of a + le (to the)
***Alberta***
Alberta {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Alberta
===alcool===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
***Alençon***
Alençon {fr-proper noun} :: a town in Orne:
***alien***
(Old French) alien {m} (adjective) :: alien; foreign; non-native
(Old French) alien {{fro-noun|m}} :: alien (a non-native)
===allé===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
***allemand***
allemand A text in German ('''allemand''') written by Goethe.{{fr-proper noun|m}} :: German (The German language)
L’allemand est une langue germanique. :: --
German is a Germanic language. :: --
Mon stagiaire parle un allemand impeccable. :: --
My trainee speaks perfect German. :: --
Parlez-vous allemand ? :: --
Do you speak German? :: --
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to or originating from Germany)
J’ai acheté une voiture allemande. :: --
I've bought a German car. :: --
Les contes allemands sont fameux. :: --
German fairy tales are famous. :: --
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to the German language)
Il n’y a pas qu’en Allemagne qu’on utilise des mots allemands. :: --
Not only in Germany does one use German words. :: --
La traduction allemande de France est Frankreich. :: --
The German translation of "France" is Frankreich. :: --
===aller===
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
***alligator***
alligator {{fr-noun|m}} :: alligator (animal)
===allons===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
***alpha***
alpha {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: alpha (Greek letter)
***alphabet***
alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet {{gloss-stub|French}}
***altitude***
altitude {{fr-noun|f}} :: altitude
***ami***
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: male friend
faux-ami {{fr-noun|m|sg=faux-ami}} :: Faux ami, false friend.
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
faux amis {m|p} :: {plural of|faux-ami}
faux-amis (plural) {m|p} :: {plural of|faux-ami}
===amie===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===amis===
faux amis {m|p} :: {plural of|faux-ami}
faux-amis (plural) {m|p} :: {plural of|faux-ami}
***amoral***
amoral {{fr-adj|mp=amoraux}} :: amoral
===amusé===
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
***an***
an {{fr-noun|m}} :: A year.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
ans {m|p} :: {plural of|an}
***andante***
andante {fr-adv} :: {music} andante
andante {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} andante
***Andorran***
Andorran {{fr-noun|m|f=Andorrane}} :: Andorran
***anglais***
anglais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: English language
Il parle anglais :: He speaks English
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
***angle***
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} A geometric angle.
La mesure d'un angle droit est égale à 90 degrés. :: --
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A viewpoint or angle.
(Old French) angle {{fro-noun|m}} :: angel (biblical being)
===Angleterre===
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
***animal***
animal {{fr-noun|m|pl=animaux}} :: animal
animal {{fr-adj-al|anim}} :: animal
(Middle French) animal {{frm-noun|m|pl=animaux|pl2=animaulx}} :: animal
===anime===
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|1|s|pres|ind}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|3|s|pres|ind}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|1|s|pres|sub}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|3|s|pres|sub}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|2|s|imp}
***animé***
animé :: alive
animé :: animated
animé :: lively
animé {{fr-noun|m}} :: animé ({{alternative spelling of|anime}})
animé {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|animer}
===animer===
animé {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|animer}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|1|s|pres|ind}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|3|s|pres|ind}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|1|s|pres|sub}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|3|s|pres|sub}
anime {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|animer|2|s|imp}
***annotation***
annotation {{fr-noun|f}} :: annotation
===ans===
ans {m|p} :: {plural of|an}
***apostrophe***
apostrophe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {orthography} apostrophe
apostrophe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rhetoric} apostrophe
===Après===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
***arbre***
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: axle
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {mechanics} drive shaft
(Old French) arbre {{fro-noun|m}} :: tree
***are***
are {{fr-noun|m}} :: An are.
***argument***
argument {{fr-noun|m}} :: argument
Quels que soient les arguments que vous avancez, je ne pourrai pas vous croire. :: --
===arrêté===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===arrêter===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
***arrogant***
arrogant {fr-adj} :: arrogant
***art***
art {{fr-noun|m}} :: art (something pleasing to the mind)
arts {m|p} :: {plural of|art}
***article***
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: article
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: joint, articulation
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Canada} section (of a law)
===arts===
arts {m|p} :: {plural of|art}
***as***
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (card of value 1).
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (expert or pilot)
as {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|avoir|2|s|pres|ind}
Tu as un chien. :: --
You have a dog. :: --
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***astral***
astral {{fr-adj|mp=astraux}} :: astral
===atlantiques===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===attend===
attend {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|attendre|3|s|pres|ind}
===attendre===
attend {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|attendre|3|s|pres|ind}
***attention***
attention {{fr-noun|f}} :: attention
attention {fr-intj} :: look out, be careful
===au===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
***augment***
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. :: --
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: {grammar} augment
Augment syllabique, celui qui consiste dans l’addition d’une syllabe, comme ετυπτον etupton, je frappais, imparfait de τυπτω tuptó, je frappe. :: --
Augment temporel, celui qui consiste dans le changement d’une brève en longue, comme ωριζον ówrizon, je bornais, de οριζω orizó, je borne. :: --
===aux===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
===avais===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
***avatar***
avatar {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{religion|hinduism}} avatar
avatar {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} avatar
===avec===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===Avec===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
***avenue***
avenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: avenue
===avion===
avion renifleur {m} (noun) :: sniffer plane
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
***avoir***
avoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: asset, possession
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: to have
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: to have
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: to exist (there is/there are)
{{quote-book|year=c. 1200|author=Author unknown|title=Les quatres sohais Saint Martin|passage=Un vilain ot en Normendie|translation=There was a peasant in Normandy}} :: --
(Old French) avoir {{fro-noun|m}} :: possession; good
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
C'est mes avoirs, c'est mes tresorz. :: --
It is my possession, it is my treasure. :: --
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Robes, deniers ne autre avoir
Ne voloit de l'autrui avoir.|translation=Not clothing, nor money, nor other possessions
Did she want to have from others.}} :: --
avoir faim (phrase) :: to be hungry
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
as {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|avoir|2|s|pres|ind}
Tu as un chien. :: --
You have a dog. :: --
ai {fr-verb-form} :: {First-person singular indicative present|avoir}
J'ai un chien. :: --
I have a dog. :: --
***axe***
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle
***baby***
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: table soccer, table football
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: baby, darling, sweetheart
***badger***
badger {fr-verb} :: to use an identity badge
Avant de quitter la pièce, il ne faudra pas oublier de badger. :: --
***Bahamas***
Bahamas {fr-proper noun} {f|p} :: Bahamas
***bai***
bai {fr-adj} :: bay
***bal***
bal {{fr-noun|m}} :: dance party, ball.
bals (plural) {m|p} :: {plural of|bal}
***balance***
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: scales
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{chemistry|physics}} balance
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{economics|electricity|politics}} balance
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {fishing} drop-net
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} informant, snitch
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|1|s|pres|ind}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|3|s|pres|ind}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|1|s|pres|sub}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|1|s|pres|sub}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|2|s|imp}
===balancer===
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|1|s|pres|ind}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|3|s|pres|ind}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|1|s|pres|sub}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|1|s|pres|sub}
balance {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|balancer|2|s|imp}
===bals===
bals (plural) {m|p} :: {plural of|bal}
===banana===
banana {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|bananer|3|s|past historic}
===bananer===
banana {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|bananer|3|s|past historic}
***Bangladesh***
Bangladesh {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Bangladesh
===Barcelone===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
***baron***
baron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {dated} baron, lord, noble landowner
(Old French) baron {{fro-noun|m|barons|ber|baron}} :: lord, baron (title of nobility)
(Old French) baron {{fro-noun|m|barons|ber|baron}} :: {by extension} husband
(Old French) ber {m} (noun form) :: {Nominative singular|baron}
***base***
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part of something)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (safe place)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base, basis (fundamental belief)
***basin***
basin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|textiles|historical}} bombasine
***basket***
basket {{fr-noun|m|pl=basket}} :: basketball
basket {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Europe} sneakers, trainers (UK)
On y va dès que tout le monde a fini de mettre ses baskets. :: --
===baste===
baste pour cela :: Enough of that, all well and good, so be it.
===bat===
bat {fr-verb-form} :: {third-person singular indicative present|battre}
***bath***
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
===battre===
bat {fr-verb-form} :: {third-person singular indicative present|battre}
===battu===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
***BCE***
BCE {fr-proper noun} :: ECB
===beau===
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
===beaucoup===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
***beige***
beige {fr-adj-mf} :: beige
***bel***
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
bel {{fr-noun|m}} :: bel
***Belize***
Belize {fr-proper noun} :: Belize
===belle===
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
***ben***
ben {fr-intj} :: well; uh
===ber===
(Old French) ber {m} (noun form) :: {Nominative singular|baron}
===besoin===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***bi***
bi {{fr-noun|mf}} :: bi, bisexual person
bi (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: bi, bisexual
***bible***
bible {{fr-noun|f}} :: bible (comprehensive text)
***bien***
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: well
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: indeed
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: good as opposed to evil
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: a commodity, a good
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: a possession
(Old French) bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mielz, miex :: well
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
"Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.
Seneschaus, savez vos an rien? :: --
Yes, I remember it well
:: --
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: possession; object of value
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: good (as opposed to evil)
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: well understood
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: of course, obviously
bien fendu (adjective) :: {idiomatic} well cleft, (or long-legged)
===billet===
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: one-way
Un billet simple. :: A one-way ticket.
***billion***
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
***bio***
bio {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {colloquial} biological
bio {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {ecology} organic
bio {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} biography
bio {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} biologie
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} the organic movement
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} organic food
***bit***
bit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} bit
***bite***
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===blanc===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
***bled***
bled {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|somewhat|_|pejorative}} village
===blond===
blonde {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|blond}.
***blonde***
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: blonde, female with blonde hair
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: light beer
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{Canada|informal}} girlfriend
blonde {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|blond}.
***boc***
boc {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Norman|_|dialect}} type of horse-drawn carriage
***bog***
bog {{fr-noun|m}} :: {ecology} An ombrotrophic peatland.
===boira===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
===boire===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
but {fr-verb-form} :: {Third-person singular indicative simple past|boire}
===bois===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===boite===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===boivent===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
***bol***
bol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A bowl
bol {{fr-noun|m}} :: luck
***Bombay***
Bombay {fr-proper noun} :: Mumbai, Bombay
===bonne===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
condition {{fr-noun|f}} :: condition
en bonne condition :: In good condition
***boomerang***
boomerang {{fr-noun|m|plural=boomerangs}} :: boomerang
===Bordeaux===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
***bore***
bore {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: boron
***borne***
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial boundary marker.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial or geographical border.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A kilometre.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark
dépasser les bornes :: cross the mark
===bornes===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark
dépasser les bornes :: cross the mark
***Botswana***
Botswana {fr-proper noun} :: Botswana
***boulevard***
boulevard {{fr-noun|m}} :: A causeway
boulevard {{fr-noun|m}} :: boulevard
***bourgeois***
bourgeois {{fr-adj|mp=bourgeois}} :: bourgeois
bourgeois {{fr-noun|m|plural=bourgeois|f=bourgeoise}} :: member of the middle class
bourgeois {{fr-noun|m|plural=bourgeois|f=bourgeoise}} :: bourgeois
***bouton***
bouton {{fr-noun|m}} :: button
bouton {{fr-noun|m}} :: {botany} bud
bouton {{fr-noun|m}} :: pimple, spot
***box***
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: stall (for a horse), loose box
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: compartment, cubicle
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: garage, lock-up (for a car)
===boxes===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: stall (for a horse), loose box
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: compartment, cubicle
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: garage, lock-up (for a car)
***brassière***
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: A child's vest.
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: (Maritime): A life jacket.
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
***break***
break {{fr-noun|m}} :: break (pause, holiday)
C’est l’heure de faire un break. :: --
break {{fr-noun|mf}} :: estate car, station wagon
***bribe***
bribe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {obsolete} crumb (of bread)
bribe {{fr-noun|f}} :: scrap, bit
***brick***
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: A fritter with a filling.
***bridge***
bridge {{fr-noun|m}} :: {card games} bridge
***brief***
(Old French) brief {m} (adjective), feminine: brieve :: brief; short in length
(Old French) brief {{fro-noun|m|briés|briés}} :: (short) letter or statement
===brieve===
(Old French) brief {m} (adjective), feminine: brieve :: brief; short in length
***bronze***
bronze {{fr-noun|m}} :: bronze (metal, work of art)
===brosser===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
***bruit***
bruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: a noise
bruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: a rumor or report
(Old French) bruit {{fro-noun|m|bruiz|bruiz|bruit}} :: noise; sounds
***brusque***
brusque {fr-adj-mf} :: abrupt (sudden or hasty)
===bruyant===
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===bu===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
***bug***
bug {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A bug (a problem, especially in computing)
***bull***
bull {{fr-noun|m}} :: {construction} bulldozer
===Burkina===
Burkina Faso {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burkina Faso
***Burundi***
Burundi {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burundi (country)
===bus===
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
***businessman***
businessman {{fr-noun|m|plural=businessmen}} :: businessman
***but***
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: aim
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
but {fr-verb-form} :: {Third-person singular indicative simple past|boire}
===butiner===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
***butter***
butter {fr-verb} :: To heap
butter les pommes de terre. :: --
***c***
c {{fr-letter|upper=C|lower=c}} :: {{Latn-def|fr|letter|3}}
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter I|passage=Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela. }} :: --
With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose. :: --
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===C===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
***ç***
ç {{fr-letter|upper=Ç|lower=ç}} :: "c cédille"
***cadastre***
cadastre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A registrar from a mairie (mayor's office)
===cadeau===
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
***cadre***
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The frame of a door or picture.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The backbone of an organization.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An imprinted box on a page.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An executive.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The scope or framework.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A list of military officers
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: frame (of a bicycle)
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|1|s|pres|ind}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|3|s|pres|ind}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|1|s|pres|sub}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|3|s|pres|sub}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|2|s|imp}
===cadrer===
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|1|s|pres|ind}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|3|s|pres|ind}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|1|s|pres|sub}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|3|s|pres|sub}
cadre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|cadrer|2|s|imp}
***cake***
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: fruitcake (containing rum).
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===came===
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|1|s|pres|ind}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|3|s|pres|ind}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|1|s|pres|sub}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|1|s|pres|sub}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|2|s|imp}
===camer===
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|1|s|pres|ind}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|3|s|pres|ind}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|1|s|pres|sub}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|1|s|pres|sub}
came {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|2|s|imp}
camera {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|3|s|simple|fut}
===camera===
camera {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|camer|3|s|simple|fut}
***Canada***
Canada {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Canada
***canal***
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: canal
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===candidat===
candidate {{fr-noun|f}} :: {feminine of|candidat}
===candidate===
candidate {{fr-noun|f}} :: {feminine of|candidat}
***cane***
cane {{fr-noun|f}} :: duck (female duck)
***capital***
capital {{fr-noun|m|plural=capitaux}} :: capital (money and wealth)
capital {{fr-adj|mp=capitaux}} :: capital (important)
La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980. :: --
===capitale===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===capitalisation===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
***capture***
capture {{fr-noun|f}} :: capture
***car***
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
***cardinal***
cardinal {{fr-adj|mp=cardinaux}} :: important, paramount
cardinal {{fr-adj|mp=cardinaux}} :: {mathematics} cardinal
cardinal {{fr-noun|m|pl=cardinaux}} :: {religion} cardinal
cardinal {{fr-noun|m|pl=cardinaux}} :: cardinal number
cardinal {m|inv} (noun) :: cardinal (color)
{{cardinalbox|fr|4|5|6|quatre|six|ord=cinquième|wplink=Cinq}}cinq {m|inv} (noun) cat2=cardinal numbers :: five
===care===
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|1|s|pres|ind}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|3|s|pres|ind}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|1|s|pres|sub}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|3|s|pres|sub}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|2|s|imp}
===carer===
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|1|s|pres|ind}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|3|s|pres|ind}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|1|s|pres|sub}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|3|s|pres|sub}
care {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|carer|2|s|imp}
***carmine***
carmine {fr-verb-form} :: a singular present imperfect form of carminer
***carnation***
carnation {f} (noun) :: The fleshy pinkish color carnation
***carne***
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} meat (usually of bad quality)
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: nag (old useless horse)
***case***
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: hut, cabin, shack
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: box (on form)
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: square (on boardgame)
***Catalan***
Catalan {{fr-noun|m|f=Catalane}} :: A Catalonian person.
***catch***
catch {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: wrestling; professional wrestling
***cause***
cause {{fr-noun|f}} :: cause
cause {{fr-noun|f}} :: case (a legal proceeding)
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|1|s|pres|ind}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|3|s|pres|ind}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|1|s|pres|sub}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|3|s|pres|sub}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|2|s|imp}
===causer===
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|1|s|pres|ind}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|3|s|pres|ind}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|1|s|pres|sub}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|3|s|pres|sub}
cause {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|causer|2|s|imp}
***CD***
CD {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: CD (compact disk)
===ce===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===Ce===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
***CE***
CE {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: {{abbreviation of|Communauté Européenne}}
===Ceci===
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
===cela===
baste pour cela :: Enough of that, all well and good, so be it.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===celui===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
***central***
central {{fr-adj|mp=centraux}} :: central
***certain***
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (fixed, determined)
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (specified, particular)
certain {{fr-noun|m}} :: certain; certainty
(Old French) certain (adjective) :: certain; sure
===Ces===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===cet===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===cette===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
***CH***
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
***chair***
chair {{fr-noun|f}} :: flesh
(Old French) chair (verb) :: to fall
===chaise===
en {fr-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
***chamois***
chamois {{fr-noun|m|plural=chamois}} :: chamois
===champion===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
***chance***
chance {{fr-noun|f}} :: chance
chance {{fr-noun|f}} :: luck
***change***
change {{fr-noun|m}} :: exchange
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|1|s|pres|ind}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|3|s|pres|ind}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|1|s|pres|sub}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|3|s|pres|sub}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|2|s|imp}
===changer===
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|1|s|pres|ind}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|3|s|pres|ind}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|1|s|pres|sub}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|3|s|pres|sub}
change {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|changer|2|s|imp}
===chanson===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
===chanter===
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
===chapeau===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
***charlatan***
charlatan {{fr-noun|m|f=charlatane}} :: charlatan
***chartreuse***
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: chartreuse (liqueur)
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: a Carthusian monastery, a charterhouse
chartreuse {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|chartreux}
===chartreux===
chartreuse {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|chartreux}
***chat***
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: cat (feline)
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (male) cat, tom, tomcat
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: tag, tig (children’s game)
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Internet} chat (online discussion)
(Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|s|f=chatte}} :: cat (animal)
(Old French) chat {{fro-noun|m}} :: cat (animal)
===cherchons===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
***cheval***
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: horse
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: horsepower
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: {slang} horse, H (narcotic)
(Middle French) cheval {{frm-noun|m|pl=chevaux|pl2=chevaulx}} :: horse
(Old French) cheval {{fro-noun|m|chevaus|chevaus|cheval}} :: horse
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
EREC de son cheval desçant[.] :: --
-Erec got down from his horse. :: --
===chez===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
***chien***
chien {{fr-noun|m|s|chienne}} :: dog
chien {{fr-noun|m|s|chienne}} :: cock, hammer (of a firearm)
(Middle French) chien {{frm-noun|m}} :: dog (animal)
(Old French) chien {{fro-noun|m}} :: dog (animal)
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===chocolat===
chocolate {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|chocolat}
===chocolate===
chocolate {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|chocolat}
***choir***
choir {{fr-verb|type=defective}} (past participle chu) :: {archaic} to fall
***chose***
chose {{fr-noun|f}} :: thing
(Old French) chose {{fro-noun|f}} :: thing (miscellaneous object or concept)
quelque chose :: something, abbreviated as: qqch.
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
===choses===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
***Christian***
Christian {fr-proper noun} {{IPA|/kʁis.tjɑ̃/}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian.
(Old French) Christian {{fro-proper noun|m}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian in Modern English
***chromosome***
chromosome {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|biology|cytology}} chromosome
***ci***
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: here
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
(Old French) ci (adverb) :: here (in this place)
***cinq***
{{cardinalbox|fr|4|5|6|quatre|six|ord=cinquième|wplink=Cinq}}cinq {m|inv} (noun) cat2=cardinal numbers :: five
(Middle French) cinq (noun) {m|inv} :: five
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===circa===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
***civil***
civil {fr-adj} :: civil (war, marriage etc.)
civil {fr-adj} :: {politics} lay
civil {fr-adj} :: civilian
civil {fr-adj} :: {literary} civil, courteous, polite
civil {{fr-noun|m}} :: civilian
***civilisation***
civilisation {{fr-noun|f}} :: civilization
===clairs===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
***clapper***
clapper {fr-verb} :: to click (the tongue)
***claque***
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: slap
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Quebec} overshoe
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
***cliché***
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: {printing} A stereotype.
La reproduction dans la presse de dessins et de photographies se fait au moyen de clichés typographiques. :: --
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: {photography} A negative; {by extension} a snapshot.
Prendre un cliché. :: --
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: cliché
Le type du cliché, c'est le proverbe, immuable et raide; le lieu commun prend autant de formes qu'il y a de combinaisons possibles dans une langue pour énoncer une sottise ou une incontestable vérité. :: --
En stylistique, on appelle cliché toute expression qui se trouve banalisée par l'emploi trop courant qui en a déjà été fait (l'aurore aux doigts de rose, l'astre des nuits). :: --
***close***
close {fr-verb-form} :: first- and third-person singular subjunctive present of clore
close {fr-verb-form} :: feminine of clos
***cœur***
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {anatomy} heart
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} heart, heart shape
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: heart (love)
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {card games} hearts (the suit)
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} the core of a nuclear reactor
***coin***
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: wedge, cornerpiece
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: corner
L'église fait le coin. The church is just on the corner. :: --
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: area, part, place, spot
« Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. » "I am the only robot around here." :: --
coin {fr-intj} :: quack
***coke***
coke {{fr-noun|m}} :: coke (form of carbon)
coke {{fr-noun|f}} :: coke (slang: cocaine)
***colon***
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: colonist, colonizer
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
***color***
(Old French) color {{fro-noun|f}} :: color, colour
(Old French) colour {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|color}
===colore===
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|1|s|pres|ind}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|3|s|pres|ind}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|1|s|pres|sub}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|3|s|pres|sub}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|2|s|imp}
===colorer===
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|1|s|pres|ind}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|3|s|pres|ind}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|1|s|pres|sub}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|3|s|pres|sub}
colore {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|colorer|2|s|imp}
===colour===
(Old French) colour {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|color}
===colp===
(Old French) cop {{fro-noun|m|cos|cos}} :: {alternative form of|colp}
===combien===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***commission***
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
***computer***
computer {fr-verb} :: {{context|old}} to compute
***con***
con {{fr-noun|m|feminine=conne}} :: {{context|taboo|_|slang}} cunt
con {{fr-noun|m|feminine=conne}} :: {{context|derogatory|_|slang}} A stupid person; arsehole (British)
(Old French) con {{fro-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} cunt (human female genitalia)
(Old French) con (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
===Condé===
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
***condition***
condition {{fr-noun|f}} :: condition
en bonne condition :: In good condition
===conme===
(Old French) cum (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
(Old French) con (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
***connoisseur***
connoisseur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{obsolete spelling of|connaisseur}}
===connu===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
===consent===
consent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|consentir|3|s|pres|ind}
===consentir===
consent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|consentir|3|s|pres|ind}
***constitution***
constitution {{fr-noun|f}} :: constitution
***content***
content {fr-adj} :: content, satisfied, pleased
content {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|conter|3|p|pres|ind}
content {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|conter|3|p|pres|sub}
===conter===
content {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|conter|3|p|pres|ind}
content {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|conter|3|p|pres|sub}
***continent***
continent {{fr-noun|m}} :: continent
===continue===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===contracter===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
***cool***
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
cool {fr-intj} :: cool! great!
***cop***
cop {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} A friend, a pal.
(Old French) cop {{fro-noun|m|cos|cos}} :: {alternative form of|colp}
===copula===
copula {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|copuler|3|s|past historic}
===copuler===
copula {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|copuler|3|s|past historic}
***cor***
cor {{fr-noun|m}} :: horn (musical instrument)
cor {{fr-noun|m}} :: corn (of the foot)
(Old French) cor {{fro-noun|m}} :: horn (instrument used to produce sound)
***cornet***
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cornet, a wind instrument
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} cornetist, the instrument's player
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: portable inkhorn
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
***correct***
correct {fr-adj} :: correct
===Costa===
Costa Rica {f} (proper noun) :: Costa Rica
***couleur***
couleur {{fr-noun|f}} :: color, colour
couleur {{fr-noun|f}} :: {poker} a flush
***country***
country {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: country music
***courage***
courage {{fr-noun|m}} :: courage
===courses===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
***cousin***
cousin {{fr-noun|m|f=cousine}} :: cousin (male)
cousin {{fr-noun|m}} :: crane fly
===covenant===
(Old French) covenant :: {present participle of|covenir}
===covenir===
(Old French) covenant :: {present participle of|covenir}
===craignez===
point {fr-adv} :: {{literary|dialectal|usually with "ne"}} not
Ne craignez point :: Fear not
===crayon===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
***crime***
crime {{fr-noun|m}} :: crime
Le crime ne paie pas. :: --
crime {{fr-noun|m}} :: murder, homicide
***cruel***
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: cruel
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: hard, painful
***cry***
(Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: cry; shout
***Cuba***
Cuba {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Cuba (country)
***cube***
cube {{fr-noun|m}} :: cube
===cuisses===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===culpa===
mea culpa (interjection) :: mea culpa
===cum===
(Old French) cum (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
***cyan***
cyan {{fr-noun|m}} :: cyan (color)
***cycle***
cycle {{fr-noun|m}} :: cycle
***d***
d {{fr-letter|upper=F|lower=f}} :: {{Latn-def|fr|letter|4}}
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter II|passage=[À] peine les petits oiseaux nuancés de mille couleurs avaient-ils salué des harpes de leurs langues, dans une douce et mielleuse harmonie, la venue de l’aurore au teint de rose, ... que le fameux chevalier don Quichotte de la Manche ... prit sa route à travers l’antique et célèbre plaine de Montiel.}} :: --
[S]carce had the little birds shaded of a thousand colours hailed from the harps of their tongues, in a soft and mellifluous harmony, the coming of the pink-tinted dawn, ... when the famous knight Don Quixote of La Mancha ... took his route across the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel. :: --
homme d'affaires (noun) :: a businessman
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
***dada***
dada {{fr-noun|m}} :: {childish} horse
***dame***
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: A lady
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: A polite form of address for a woman.
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: {chess} queen
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: {card games} queen
(Old French) dame {{fro-noun|f}} :: lady; woman
***damoiselle***
damoiselle {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} (noble) lady
damoiselle {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} damsel
***dancer***
(Middle French) dancer (verb) :: to dance
(Old French) dancer (verb) :: to dance
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Puceles carolent et dancent :: --
Young maidens, singing and dancing :: --
***danger***
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: danger
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
===dans===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
***darmstadtium***
darmstadtium {{fr-noun|m}} :: darmstadtium
***dart***
(Old French) dart {{fro-noun|m|darz|darz|dart}} :: weapon similar to a javelin
***date***
date {{fr-noun|f}}{{subst:fr verb form|dater}} :: date (point in time)
(Old French) date {{fro-noun|f}} :: date (fruit)
***dater***
dater {fr-verb} :: to date, to add a date onto something.
===datif===
dative {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|datif}
===dative===
dative {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|datif}
***de***
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
(Old French) de (preposition) :: of
(Old French) de (preposition) :: from
un {m} (article), plural: des, negative: de :: an, a
tout de suite {{fr-adv|sg=tout de suite}} :: {idiomatic} immediately, right away
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
homme de guerre (noun) :: a man of war, a military man
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a man of God, a godly man
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a minister
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a priest
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
de facto {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: de facto
de facto {{fr-adv|inv=yes}} :: de facto
===De===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
***definition***
(Middle French) definition {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: definition {{stub-gloss|frm}}
***del***
(Old French) del (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
***delta***
delta {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: delta (Greek letter)
delta {{fr-noun|m}} :: delta (geographical feature)
===dents===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
===dépasser===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark
dépasser les bornes :: cross the mark
===député===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
===des===
un {m} (article), plural: des, negative: de :: an, a
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===détend===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===détresse===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
***deux***
{{cardinalbox|fr|1|2|3|un|trois|ord=deuxième|wplink=Deux}}deux (cardinal number) :: two
deux {{fr-noun|m|pl=deux}} :: two
deux {{fr-noun|m|pl=deux}} :: {{context|in plural}} twos
(Middle French) deux (noun) {m|inv} :: two
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===devenu===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===devenue===
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
===devez===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
===deviennent===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===devoir===
due {f} :: {feminine past participle of|devoir}
dois {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|devoir|1|s|pres|ind}
dois {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|devoir|2|s|pres|ind}
***dialogue***
dialogue {{fr-noun|m}} :: dialogue
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|1|s|pres|ind}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|3|s|pres|ind}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|1|s|pres|sub}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|3|s|pres|sub}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|2|s|imp}
===dialoguer===
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|1|s|pres|ind}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|3|s|pres|ind}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|1|s|pres|sub}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|3|s|pres|sub}
dialogue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|dialoguer|2|s|imp}
***dictionnaire***
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} dictionary, an associative array
(Middle French) dictionnaire {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: dictionary
===Dieu===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a man of God, a godly man
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a minister
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a priest
***difference***
(Old French) difference {{fro-noun|f}} :: difference
***digamma***
digamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: digamma (Greek letter)
***digestion***
digestion {{fr-noun|f}} :: digestion
***digital***
digital {{fr-adj|mp=digitaux}} :: of or pertaining to fingers or toes
digital {{fr-adj|mp=digitaux}} :: digital
***dimension***
dimension {{fr-noun|f}} :: dimension
===diminutif===
diminutive {f} :: {feminine of|diminutif}
===diminutive===
diminutive {f} :: {feminine of|diminutif}
***distance***
distance {{fr-noun|f}} :: distance
***distinct***
distinct {fr-adj} :: distinct
distinct {fr-adj} :: discrete
***distribution***
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A distribution
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical arrangement, spacing
===dit===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
***division***
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (act or process of dividing)
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: {arithmetic} division
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: {military} division
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (subsection)
***dix***
{{cardinalbox|fr|9|10|11|neuf|onze|ord=dixième|wplink=Dix}}dix (cardinal number) :: ten
***Djibouti***
Djibouti {fr-proper noun} :: Djibouti
***DNA***
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
***do***
do {{fr-noun|m}} :: do, the musical note
***doctrine***
doctrine {{fr-noun|f}} :: doctrine
***dodo***
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
===dois===
dois {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|devoir|1|s|pres|ind}
dois {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|devoir|2|s|pres|ind}
***dojo***
dojo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {martial arts} dojo
***dollar***
dollar {{fr-noun|m}} :: Dollar
===dollars===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
===domestiques===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===donné===
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
***donner***
donner {fr-verb} :: To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
donner {fr-verb} :: To donate
donner {fr-verb} :: {intransitive} To come across
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter I|passage=Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.}} :: --
Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world of which a crazy person ever conceived. :: --
(Middle French) donner (verb) :: to give
===dort===
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
===douleurs===
abdominales {{fr-adj-form|f|p}} :: {feminine plural of|abdominal}
douleurs abdominales :: abdominal pains
***douze***
douze (cardinal number) :: twelve
***drill***
drill {{fr-noun|m}} :: drill (tool)
***drink***
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
===drive===
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|1|s|pres|ind}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|3|s|pres|ind}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|1|s|pres|sub}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|1|s|pres|sub}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|2|s|imp}
===driver===
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|1|s|pres|ind}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|3|s|pres|ind}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|1|s|pres|sub}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|1|s|pres|sub}
drive {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|driver|2|s|imp}
===droit===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
***du***
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the).
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German. :: --
(Old French) du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
***ducat***
ducat {{fr-noun|m}} :: Ducat
***ductile***
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===due===
due {f} :: {feminine past participle of|devoir}
***duel***
duel {{fr-adj|f=duelle}} :: dual (having two components)
duel {{fr-noun|m}} :: dual (battle)
duel {{fr-noun|m}} :: {grammar} dual
(Old French) duel {{fro-noun|m|dueus|dueus}} :: sadness; grief; sorrow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Son plor et son duel demenant :: --
***duo***
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duo (combination of two things)
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duet (a musical composition for two performers)
***dupe***
dupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: A person who has been deceived, see dupe.
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|1|s|pres|ind}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|3|s|pres|ind}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|1|s|pres|sub}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|1|s|pres|sub}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|2|s|imp}
===duper===
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|1|s|pres|ind}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|3|s|pres|ind}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|1|s|pres|sub}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|1|s|pres|sub}
dupe {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|duper|2|s|imp}
***DVD***
DVD {{fr-noun|m}} :: {initialism} DVD
***e***
(Old French) e (conjunction) :: and
***eagle***
eagle {{fr-noun|m}} :: {golf} eagle
***eclipse***
(Old French) eclipse {{fro-noun|m}} :: eclipse
===école===
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
***effect***
(Middle French) effect {{frm-noun|m}} :: effect
===églises===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
***el***
(Old French) el (contraction) :: contraction of en + le (in the)
===El===
El Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador
***elephant***
(Middle French) elephant {{frm-noun|m|pl=elephans}} :: elephant (animal)
===élèves===
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
===elle===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===Elle===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===embêter===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
***empire***
empire {{fr-noun|m}} :: empire
empire {{fr-noun|m}} :: influence, authority
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|1|s|pres|ind}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|3|s|pres|ind}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|1|s|pres|sub}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|3|s|pres|sub}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|2|s|imp}
===empirer===
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|1|s|pres|ind}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|3|s|pres|ind}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|1|s|pres|sub}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|3|s|pres|sub}
empire (verb form) :: {conjugation of|empirer|2|s|imp}
***en***
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
en {fr-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
en {fr-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
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} by, in (describing a way of getting something)
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
(Old French) en (preposition) :: in; inside
(Old French) en (preposition) :: on; upon
{{quote-book|year=12th Century|title=Raoul de Cambrai|author=Unknown|passage=qi en la crois fu mis|translation=[He] who was put on the cross}} :: --
===En===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===Énide===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===entendu===
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: well understood
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: of course, obviously
===entre===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===épreuves===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
***epsilon***
epsilon {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: epsilon (Greek letter)
===Érec===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
***ermine***
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===es===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
===Espagne===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===essaim===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===est===
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===Est===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
***et***
et (conjunction) :: and
(Middle French) et (conjunction) :: and
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
Serbie-et-Monténégro (proper noun) :: Serbia and Montenegro
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===étaient===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===État===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
***été***
été {{fr-noun|m}} :: summer
été {{fr-past participle|intr=1}} :: {past participle of|être}
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter I|passage=Aussi essayait-il [d']accommoder [un nom à con cheval] qui désignât ce qu’il avait été avant d’entrer dans la chevalerie errante, et ce qu’il était alors.}} :: --
He tried to accommodate [a name for his horse] that would designate what he had been before entering into knight-errantry, and what he was currently. :: --
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===êtes===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===Étonnamment===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
***être***
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
être {{fr-noun|m}} :: being, creature
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
été {{fr-past participle|intr=1}} :: {past participle of|être}
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter I|passage=Aussi essayait-il [d']accommoder [un nom à con cheval] qui désignât ce qu’il avait été avant d’entrer dans la chevalerie errante, et ce qu’il était alors.}} :: --
He tried to accommodate [a name for his horse] that would designate what he had been before entering into knight-errantry, and what he was currently. :: --
===eu===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
***EU***
EU {fr-proper noun} :: {{abbreviation of|États-Unis}} (United States)
***euro***
euro {{fr-noun|m}} :: euro (currency)
***Europe***
Europe {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Europe
Europe {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Europa, a moon of Jupiter
===eve===
(Old French) eve {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|iaue}; water
***éventuellement***
éventuellement {fr-adv} :: possibly, maybe, perhaps
***existence***
existence {{fr-noun|f}} :: existence
existence {{fr-noun|f}} :: life
***explorer***
explorer {fr-verb} :: to explore
(Middle French) explorer (verb) :: to explore
***exposé***
exposé {fr-adj} :: exposed
exposé {{fr-noun|m}} :: presentation
***expression***
expression {{fr-noun|f}} :: expression
===extraire===
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
***fable***
fable {{fr-noun|f}} :: fable, story
(Old French) fable {{fro-noun|f}} :: fable, story
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la lections d'ypocrisie et d'umilité|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Ne vos wel faire longue fable|translation=I don't want to tell you a long story}} :: --
***face***
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: face (anatomy)
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: surface, side
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: face (geometry)
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: head (of a coin)
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
===facto===
de facto {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: de facto
de facto {{fr-adv|inv=yes}} :: de facto
===faim===
avoir faim (phrase) :: to be hungry
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
===faire===
(Old French) fere (verb) :: {alternative form of|faire}
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Perceval ou le conte du Graal|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Sire, vostre prisoniers sui
por fere ce que vos voldroiz|translation=Sire, I am your prisoner
To do what you desire}} :: --
laissez faire {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {rare} {dated form of|laisser-faire}
laissez faire {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person plural indicative present form|laisser faire}
laissez faire {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person plural imperative present form|laisser faire}
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
fortune {{fr-noun|f}} :: fortune
faire une fortune :: make a fortune
faire fortune :: make a fortune
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
===fait===
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
***famine***
famine {{fr-noun|f}} :: famine
***Fanny***
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
***FAQ***
FAQ {{fr-noun-inv|f}} :: FAQ (foire aux questions)
***fart***
fart {{fr-noun|m}} :: wax (for skis)
===Faso===
Burkina Faso {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burkina Faso
===faux===
faux-ami {{fr-noun|m|sg=faux-ami}} :: Faux ami, false friend.
faux amis {m|p} :: {plural of|faux-ami}
faux-amis (plural) {m|p} :: {plural of|faux-ami}
***femme***
femme {{fr-noun|f}} :: woman
femme {{fr-noun|f}} :: wife
(Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: wife
(Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: woman (female adult human being)
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===fendu===
bien fendu (adjective) :: {idiomatic} well cleft, (or long-legged)
===fere===
(Old French) fere (verb) :: {alternative form of|faire}
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Perceval ou le conte du Graal|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Sire, vostre prisoniers sui
por fere ce que vos voldroiz|translation=Sire, I am your prisoner
To do what you desire}} :: --
===Fermat===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
***fervent***
fervent {fr-adj} :: fervent
***fier***
fier {{fr-adj|f=fière}} :: proud
fier {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} to trust (à), to rely (à on)
(Old French) fier (verb) :: {{reflexive|se fier}} to trust (someone, something)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Trestuit por lor seignor prioient,
Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient|translation=Soon, they were praying for their master
In him, and in God they put their trust}} :: --
***fil***
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: grain (of wood etc.)
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: edge (of blade, razor etc.)
(Old French) fil {{fro-noun|m|fiz|fiz|fil}} :: son (male child)
***file***
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of object placed one after the other.
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Belgium} traffic jam
===final===
finale {fr-adj-form} :: {feminine of|final}
***finale***
finale {{fr-noun|f}} :: a final
finale {fr-adj-form} :: {feminine of|final}
***fiscal***
fiscal {{fr-adj|mp=fiscaux}} :: fiscal, financial
***fit***
fit {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative past historic of faire
***flame***
(Old French) flame {{fro-noun|f}} :: flame
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la complainte d ou conte huede de nevers|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Senz redouteir l'infernal flame|translation=Without fearing the infernal flame}} :: --
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|1|s|pres|ind}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|3|s|pres|ind}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|1|s|pres|sub}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|1|s|pres|sub}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|2|s|imp}
===flamer===
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|1|s|pres|ind}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|3|s|pres|ind}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|1|s|pres|sub}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|1|s|pres|sub}
flame {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|flamer|2|s|imp}
***flash***
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: flash {{context|burst of light}}
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {photography} flash
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: newsflash
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {juggling} flash
***fleur***
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. :: --
Orchids are sought-after flowers. :: --
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {figuratively} A kind favor given by one person to another.
Il m’a fait une fleur. :: --
He gave me a kind favor. :: --
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {figuratively} The best of something.
Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française. :: --
Here's the cream of the crop of French youth. :: --
Mourir à la fleur de l’âge. :: --
to die in the prime of life :: --
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metaphor}} The virginity of a woman.
Jean de la Fontaine, Fables :: --
Il est bon de garder sa fleur ; mais pour l’avoir perdue il ne se faut pas pendre. :: --
It is wise to guard one's blossom, but to have lost it one should not hang. :: --
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
***flor***
(Old French) flor {{fro-noun|f}} :: flower
***flute***
flute {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{alternative spelling of|flûte}}
===fol===
(Old French) fox (adjective form) :: {nominative masculine singular|fol}
(Old French) fox (adjective form) :: {oblique masculine plural|fol}
***foot***
foot {m} (noun) :: {uncountable} {colloquial} football (soccer)
Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde. :: --
Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé. :: --
***football***
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: {European French} soccer
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Canada} Canadian football
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: (less common) American football
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
***force***
force {{fr-noun|f}} :: force.
(Old French) force {{fro-noun|f}} :: strength; might
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|1|s|pres|ind}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|3|s|pres|ind}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|1|s|pres|sub}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|3|s|pres|sub}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|2|s|imp}
===forcer===
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|1|s|pres|ind}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|3|s|pres|ind}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|1|s|pres|sub}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|3|s|pres|sub}
force {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|forcer|2|s|imp}
***former***
former {fr-verb} :: to form (generic sense)
former {fr-verb} :: to shape (to make into a certain shape)
former {fr-verb} :: to train; to educate
===forsenable===
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|-ing, creating an effect, an influence}}
forsenable :: maddening
===fort===
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
***fortune***
fortune {{fr-noun|f}} :: fortune
faire une fortune :: make a fortune
faire fortune :: make a fortune
***four***
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: oven
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: stove
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: flop
===fourchette===
en {fr-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
===fox===
(Old French) fox (adjective form) :: {nominative masculine singular|fol}
(Old French) fox (adjective form) :: {oblique masculine plural|fol}
***franc***
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: frank
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: tax-free
Port franc :: Free port
franc {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|monetary}} franc
franc {{fr-noun|m}} :: Frank
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franque}} :: Frankish, Franconian.
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: noble; of noble descent
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: brave; valiant
===française===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
***France***
France {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: France (country)
France {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: {{given name|female}}
(Middle French) France {f} (proper noun) :: France (country of the Europe)
(Old French) France {{fro-proper noun|f}} :: France (country)
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===franche===
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: noble; of noble descent
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: brave; valiant
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
===francs===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
===French===
(Old French) cum (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
(Old French) fere (verb) :: {alternative form of|faire}
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Perceval ou le conte du Graal|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Sire, vostre prisoniers sui
por fere ce que vos voldroiz|translation=Sire, I am your prisoner
To do what you desire}} :: --
(Old French) ke (pronoun) :: {alternative form of|que}
(Old French) ke (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|que}
(Old French) nuit {{fro-noun|f|nuiz|nuit|nuiz}} :: {alternative form of|noit}
(Old French) cop {{fro-noun|m|cos|cos}} :: {alternative form of|colp}
(Old French) con (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
===fricatif===
fricative {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|fricatif}
***fricative***
fricative {{fr-noun|f}} :: {phonetics} fricative
fricative {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|fricatif}
***friction***
friction {{fr-noun|f}} :: friction
===frites===
pommes frites {f} (noun), :: french fries; chips
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===froid===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
===fromage===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===frotter===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
***fruit***
fruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: fruit
(Old French) fruit {{fro-noun|m|fruiz|fruiz}} :: fruit
Oisiaus et veneison et fruit (Érec et Énide, {{w|Christian of Troyes}}, circa 1170) :: --
bird, venison and fruits :: --
***full***
full {{fr-noun|m}} :: {poker} full house
===fumer===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===futur===
future {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|futur}
===future===
future {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|futur}
***g***
g :: {physics} g
g :: {{context|texting|_|slang}} =j'ai
***Gabon***
Gabon {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Gabon
===Gabriel===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
***gaffe***
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
***gaffer***
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to gaffer tape
***gain***
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually in plural}} winnings, earnings, takings
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {finance} gain, yield
***gamma***
gamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: gamma (Greek letter)
===garde===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===gateau===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===gave===
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|1|s|pres|ind}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|3|s|pres|ind}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|1|s|pres|sub}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|3|s|pres|sub}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|2|s|imp}
===gaver===
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|1|s|pres|ind}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|3|s|pres|ind}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|1|s|pres|sub}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|3|s|pres|sub}
gave {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|gaver|2|s|imp}
===George===
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
***Ghana***
Ghana {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Ghana
***global***
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: as a whole, on the whole; total
***go***
go {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: go
===google===
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|1|s|pres|ind}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|3|s|pres|ind}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|1|s|pres|sub}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|1|s|pres|sub}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|2|s|imp}
===googler===
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|1|s|pres|ind}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|3|s|pres|ind}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|1|s|pres|sub}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|1|s|pres|sub}
google {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|googler|2|s|imp}
***gourmet***
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
***gp***
gp (abbreviation) :: glycoprotéine
***gracia***
gracia :: third-person singular past historic of gracier
***gracias***
gracias :: second-person singular past historic of gracier
===grande===
grande parure {{fr-noun|f|head=grande parure|pl=grandes parures}} :: full dress
***grandiloquent***
grandiloquent {fr-adj} :: grandiloquent
***gratuit***
gratuit {fr-adj} :: free of charge
gratuit {fr-adj} :: gratuitous, for no reason
méchanceté gratuite :: --
***gray***
gray {m} (noun) :: gray (SI unit)
===Gray===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===grosse===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===groupe===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
***Guatemala***
Guatemala {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Guatemala
===guerre===
homme de guerre (noun) :: a man of war, a military man
***gyroscope***
gyroscope {{fr-noun|m}} :: gyroscope
***habit***
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
(Old French) habit {{fro-noun|m|habiz|habiz}} :: {alternative form of|abit}
***habitable***
habitable {fr-adj-mf} :: inhabitable
===habitais===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
***habitat***
habitat {{fr-noun|m}} :: habitat
===habite===
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
***ham***
(Middle French) ham {{frm-noun|m}} :: village
***hamster***
hamster {{fr-noun|m}} :: hamster
***hanap***
hanap {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} (lidded) goblet, hanap
***hand***
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
***handicap***
handicap {{fr-noun|m}} :: handicap
===hara===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
***hard***
hard {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of pornography}} hardcore
{{usex|Des photos hards.}} :: --
hard {{fr-noun|m}} :: hardcore pornography
{{usex|Le Journal du hard est une émission de Canal + dédiée au cinéma pornographique.}} :: --
***hardware***
hardware {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {computing} hardware
***hart***
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
===haut===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===Heckel===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel.
***henry***
henry {m} (noun) (any preceding vowel is not elided) :: henry
***heron***
(Middle French) heron {{frm-noun|m}} :: heron
===hêtre===
en {fr-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
***hier***
hier {fr-adv} :: yesterday
===histoire===
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
***hobby***
hobby {{fr-noun|m|pl=hobbies}} (alternative plural hobbys) :: hobby (activity)
===hom===
(Old French) om {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|hom}
===homme===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
homme de guerre (noun) :: a man of war, a military man
homme d'affaires (noun) :: a businessman
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a man of God, a godly man
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a minister
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a priest
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, at liberty
Un homme libre. :: A free man.
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
***homophone***
homophone {fr-adj-mf} :: homophonous
homophone {{fr-noun|m}} :: homophone
===Hong===
Hong Kong {fr-proper noun} :: Hong Kong
===honnorable===
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|worthy of, deserving of}}
honnorable :: honorable
***horizontal***
horizontal {{fr-adj-al|horizont}} :: Horizontal; perpendicular to the vertical
***hospital***
hospital {{fr-noun|m|pl=hospitaux}} :: {{obsolete spelling of|hôpital}}
(Middle French) hospital {{frm-noun|m|pl=hospitaulx}} :: hospital (medical)
***house***
house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house
***huit***
{{cardinalbox|fr|7|8|9|sept|neuf|ord=huitième|wplink=Huit}}huit (cardinal number) :: eight
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===humeur===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
***hyperbole***
hyperbole {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rhetoric} hyperbole
hyperbole {{fr-noun|f}} :: {geometry} hyperbola
***i***
(Old French) i (adverb) :: there
***IA***
IA {f} :: (intelligence artificielle) AI
IA {f} :: (insémination artificielle) AI
===iaue===
(Old French) eve {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|iaue}; water
***iceberg***
iceberg {{fr-noun|m}} :: iceberg
===ici===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
***if***
if {{fr-noun|m}} :: yew
***igloo***
igloo {{fr-noun|m}} :: igloo
===il===
abscond {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abscondre|3|s|pres|ind}
il abscond :: he hides
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===Il===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
anglais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: English language
Il parle anglais :: He speaks English
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
***image***
image {{fr-noun|f}} :: picture, image
image {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|TV|film}} frame
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|1|s|pres|ind}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|3|s|pres|ind}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|1|s|pres|sub}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|3|s|pres|sub}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|2|s|imp}
===imager===
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|1|s|pres|ind}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|3|s|pres|ind}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|1|s|pres|sub}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|3|s|pres|sub}
image {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imager|2|s|imp}
***impact***
impact {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|literally or figuratively}} impact
***impala***
impala {{fr-noun|m}} :: impala
***impassible***
impassible {fr-adj-mf} :: {theology} impassible
impassible {fr-adj-mf} :: impassive
***important***
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
important :: {present participle of|importer}
===importante===
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===importer===
important :: {present participle of|importer}
===impose===
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|1|s|pres|ind}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|3|s|pres|ind}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|1|s|pres|sub}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|3|s|pres|sub}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|2|s|imp}
===imposer===
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|1|s|pres|ind}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|3|s|pres|ind}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|1|s|pres|sub}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|3|s|pres|sub}
impose {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|imposer|2|s|imp}
***impudence***
impudence {{fr-noun|f}} :: impudence
***incorrigible***
incorrigible {fr-adj-mf} :: incorrigible
incorrigible {{fr-noun|m}} :: An incorrigible
***index***
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: index
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: forefinger
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===indicatif===
indicative :: {feminine of|indicatif}
===indicative===
indicative :: {feminine of|indicatif}
***indice***
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: clue, indication
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: {finance} index
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} index
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|1|s|pres|ind}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|3|s|pres|ind}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|1|s|pres|sub}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|1|s|pres|sub}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|2|s|imp}
===indicer===
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|1|s|pres|ind}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|3|s|pres|ind}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|1|s|pres|sub}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|1|s|pres|sub}
indice {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|indicer|2|s|imp}
===infinitif===
infinitive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|infinitif}
***infinitive***
infinitive {f} (noun) :: infinitive clause (=proposition infinitive)
infinitive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|infinitif}
***inflation***
inflation {{fr-noun|f}} :: inflation.
***information***
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {countable} piece of information; datum
Cette information nous est parvenue hier soir. :: --
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {plural only} news
Tous les jours, il regarde la télé le midi pour suivre les informations. :: --
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {uncountable} information
Théorie de l'information. :: --
***instrumental***
instrumental {{fr-adj|mp=instrumentaux}} :: instrumental
instrumental {{fr-noun|m|pl=instrumentaux}} :: {grammar} the instrumental case
***interjection***
interjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {grammar} interjection
===intuitif===
intuitive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|intuitif}
===intuitive===
intuitive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|intuitif}
***invariable***
invariable {fr-adj-mf} :: invariable
***iota***
iota {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: iota (Greek letter)
***Iran***
Iran {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Iran
===j===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===J===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
avoir faim (phrase) :: to be hungry
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
***jaguar***
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (cat)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (car)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
===jambes===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
===janvier===
en {fr-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
***japonais***
japonais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: The Japanese language.
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
***jargon***
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: jargon, specialised or inintelligible language
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: A jargon, zircon type
***jaune***
jaune {fr-adj-mf} :: yellow
{{usex|Le citron est un fruit jaune.|translation=Lemon is a yellow fruit.}} :: --
jaune {{fr-noun|m}} :: yellow
jaune {{fr-noun|m}} :: yolk (of egg)
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) jaune {m|f} (adjective) :: yellow
===je===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===Je===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===Jean===
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
***jerk***
jerk {{fr-noun|m}} :: jerk (dance)
***jeudi***
jeudi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Thursday (day of the week).
(Old French) jeudi {{fro-noun|m}} :: Thursday
===jeunes===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
***Jordan***
Jordan {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to English Jordan.
===jouer===
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
***jour***
jour {{fr-noun|m}} :: day
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter III|passage=L’aube du jour commençait à poindre quand don Quichotte sortit de l’hôtellerie, si content, si glorieux, si plein de ravissement de se voir armé chevalier, que sa joie en faisait tressaillir jusqu’aux sangles de son cheval.}} :: --
The dawn of the day was beginning to break when Don Quixote left the inn, so content, so glorious, so full of ravishment of seeing himself armed a knight, that his joy made him tremble all the way to the girths of his horse. :: --
jour {{fr-noun|m}} :: daylight, light
jour {{fr-noun|m}} :: aperture
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===jours===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
***jubilant***
jubilant {fr-adj} :: jubilant
jubilant :: {present participle of|jubiler}
===jubiler===
jubilant :: {present participle of|jubiler}
***Jupiter***
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (planet)
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (god)
===jus===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
===juta===
juta {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|juter|3|s|past historic}
===juter===
juta {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|juter|3|s|past historic}
***kanji***
kanji {{fr-noun|m}} :: kanji
***katana***
katana {{fr-noun|m}} :: Japanese sword
===ke===
(Old French) ke (pronoun) :: {alternative form of|que}
(Old French) ke (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|que}
***KGB***
KGB (proper noun), m :: KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
===kilos===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===kiri===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
***kiwi***
kiwi {{fr-noun|m}} :: kiwi; kiwi fruit
***koala***
koala {{fr-noun|m}} :: koala
===Kong===
Hong Kong {fr-proper noun} :: Hong Kong
===La===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===là===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
***labour***
labour {{fr-noun|m}} :: cultivation
***laid***
laid {fr-adj} :: physically ugly
laid {fr-adj} :: morally corrupt
===laisser===
laissez faire {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {rare} {dated form of|laisser-faire}
laissez faire {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person plural indicative present form|laisser faire}
laissez faire {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person plural imperative present form|laisser faire}
===laissez===
laissez faire {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {rare} {dated form of|laisser-faire}
laissez faire {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person plural indicative present form|laisser faire}
laissez faire {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person plural imperative present form|laisser faire}
===lait===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
***lama***
lama {{fr-noun|m}} :: llama
lama {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Buddhism} lama
lama (verb form) :: 3rd person singular simple past lamer
***language***
language {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{archaic spelling of|langage}}
(Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: language (style of communicating)
(Old French) language {{fro-noun|f}} :: language (style of communicating)
***langue***
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
la langue dans la bouche :: --
the tongue in the mouth :: --
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
(Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: {anatomy} tongue
(Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: language
(Old French) langue {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
(Old French) langue {{fro-noun|f}} :: language
pseudo- (prefix) :: pseudo-
pseudo-langue :: fake language
***lapidation***
lapidation {{fr-noun|f}} :: lapidation
***las***
las {{fr-adj|f=lasse|mp=las}} :: weary, tired
(Old French) las ! (interjection) :: alas
***latin***
latin {fr-adj} :: Latin
latin {fr-adj} :: Latino
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} the Latin language
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
(Middle French) latin {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: Latin language
(Old French) latin {{fro-noun|m|-}} :: Latin language
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci commence le miracle de Théophile|author=Rutebeuf|passage=S'en sui plus dolenz, Salatin,
Quar en françois ne en latin
Ne finai onques de proier|translation=I am very sad about it, Satan
For neither in French nor in Latin
Have I stopped praying for you}} :: --
***Laura***
Laura {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}}.
===Le===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
***leader***
leader {{fr-noun|m}} :: leader
***lent***
lent {fr-adj} :: slow
lente {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|lent}
***lente***
lente {{fr-noun|f}} :: {zoology} nit
lente {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|lent}
===les===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark
dépasser les bornes :: cross the mark
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===Les===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===lettres===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
===Levant===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
***libre***
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, at liberty
Un homme libre. :: A free man.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
***lie***
lie {{fr-noun|f}} :: dregs (of wine, of society)
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {First-person singular indicative present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {First-person singular subjunctive present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {Third-person singular indicative present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {Third-person singular subjunctive present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person singular imperative present|lier}
***liège***
liège {{fr-noun|m}} :: cork (substance)
===lier===
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {First-person singular indicative present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {First-person singular subjunctive present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {Third-person singular indicative present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {Third-person singular subjunctive present|lier}
lie {fr-verb-form} :: {Second-person singular imperative present|lier}
lies {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lier|2|s|pres|ind}
lies {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lier|2|s|pres|sub}
===lies===
lies {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lier|2|s|pres|ind}
lies {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lier|2|s|pres|sub}
***lifting***
lifting {{fr-noun|m}} :: facelift
===lire===
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
***lit***
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
(Old French) lit {{fro-noun|m|liz|liz}} :: bed
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
***livre***
livre {{fr-noun|m}} :: book
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of weight)
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of currency)
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|1|s|pres|ind}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|3|s|pres|ind}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|1|s|pres|sub}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|3|s|pres|sub}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|2|s|imp}
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
***livrer***
livrer {fr-verb} :: to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|1|s|pres|ind}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|3|s|pres|ind}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|1|s|pres|sub}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|3|s|pres|sub}
livre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|livrer|2|s|imp}
===livres===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***lob***
lob {{fr-noun|m}} :: {tennis} lob
***loch***
loch {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} a log
loch {{fr-noun|m}} :: A loch
***long***
long {{fr-adj|f=longue}} :: long
(Old French) long {m} (adjective) :: long (length, duration)
***look***
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
===love===
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|1|s|pres|ind}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|3|s|pres|ind}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|1|s|pres|sub}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|1|s|pres|sub}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|2|s|imp}
===lover===
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|1|s|pres|ind}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|3|s|pres|ind}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|1|s|pres|sub}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|1|s|pres|sub}
love {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lover|2|s|imp}
***lui***
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
lui {{fr-past participle|intr=1}} :: {past participle of|luire}
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
===Lui===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===luire===
lui {{fr-past participle|intr=1}} :: {past participle of|luire}
***lune***
lune {{fr-noun|f}} :: {astronomy} moon.
(Old French) lune {{fro-proper noun|f}} :: the Moon
***Luxembourg***
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (Grand Duchy)
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (province)
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (city)
***lynx***
lynx {{fr-noun|m|pl=lynx}} :: a lynx
***m***
m {{fr-letter|upper=M|lower=m}} :: {{Latn-def|fr|letter|13}}
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter III|passage=L’aube du jour commençait à poindre quand don Quichotte sortit de l’hôtellerie, si content, si glorieux, si plein de ravissement de se voir armé chevalier, que sa joie en faisait tressaillir jusqu’aux sangles de son cheval.}} :: --
The dawn of the day was beginning to break when Don Quixote left the inn, so content, so glorious, so full of ravishment of seeing himself armed a knight, that his joy made him tremble all the way to the girths of his horse. :: --
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===ma===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
***machine***
machine {{fr-noun|f}} :: machine {{gloss-stub|French}}
===Macy===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
***Madrid***
Madrid {fr-proper noun} :: Madrid, Spanish capital city and province
===main===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===mais===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===maison===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
===majorité===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
***mal***
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: trouble, difficulty
J'ai du mal à m'imaginer celà. (“I have trouble imagining that.”) :: --
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: pain
J'ai mal à la tête. (“I have a headache.” Literally, “I have pain at the head.”) :: --
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: evil
mal {fr-adv} :: badly
C'est mal fait. (“It's done badly.”) :: --
mal (adjective) :: {{context|in set phrases and limited constructions}} bad
bon an, mal an :: --
bon gré, mal gré :: --
Il est mal de [infinitive] :: --
C'est mal de [infinitive] :: --
(Old French) mal (adverb) :: evilly
(Old French) mal (adverb) :: badly; poorly
(Old French) mal {{fro-noun|m|maus|maus|mal}} :: evil
(Old French) mal {{fro-noun|m|maus|maus|mal}} :: pain, suffering
===maladie===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
***mandarin***
mandarin {fr-adj} :: mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
mandarin {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: Mandarin (language)
***mandat***
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: mandate
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: postal order, money order
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {legal} power of attorney, proxy
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (police) warrant
***Manitoba***
Manitoba {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Manitoba
===marc===
(Old French) mars (noun form) {m} :: {Nominative singular|marc}
(Old French) mars (noun form) {m} :: {Oblique plural|marc}
***mare***
mare {{fr-noun|f}} :: puddle
mare {{fr-noun|f}} :: pool
===marina===
marina {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|mariner|3|s|past historic}
===mariner===
marina {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|mariner|3|s|past historic}
***mark***
mark {{fr-noun|m}} :: mark (currency)
***marmot***
marmot {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} kid, brat
***mars***
mars {{fr-noun|m|pl=mars}} :: March (month)
(Old French) mars {{fro-noun|m|mars|mars}} :: March (month)
(Old French) mars (noun form) {m} :: {Nominative singular|marc}
(Old French) mars (noun form) {m} :: {Oblique plural|marc}
===Martin===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===masculin===
masculine {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|masculin}
===masculine===
masculine {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|masculin}
***masque***
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
***massacre***
massacre {{fr-noun|m}} :: massacre
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|1|s|pres|ind}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|3|s|pres|ind}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|1|s|pres|sub}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|1|s|pres|sub}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|2|s|imp}
===massacré===
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
***massacrer***
massacrer {fr-verb} :: to massacre (kill)
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|1|s|pres|ind}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|3|s|pres|ind}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|1|s|pres|sub}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|1|s|pres|sub}
massacre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|massacrer|2|s|imp}
***massage***
massage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A physical massage
***massé***
massé {{fr-noun|m}} :: {billiards} massé
massé {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|masser}
***masser***
masser {fr-verb} :: to massage
massé {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|masser}
***masseur***
masseur {{fr-noun|m|f=masseuse}} :: masseur
masseuse {f} (noun) :: {feminine|masseur}
===masseuse===
masseuse {f} (noun) :: {feminine|masseur}
***massicot***
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
***masturbation***
masturbation {{fr-noun|f}} :: masturbation
***matador***
matador {{fr-noun|m}} :: matador
***matelot***
matelot {{fr-noun|m}} :: seaman
***matter***
matter {fr-verb}{{fr-conj-er|matt}} :: {{alternative spelling of|mater}}
***mauve***
mauve {{fr-noun|f}} :: mallow
mauve {{fr-noun|m}} :: mauve
mauve {fr-adj-mf} :: mauve
mauve {{fr-noun|f}} :: mew, gull, seagull
***mayonnaise***
mayonnaise {{fr-noun|f}} :: mayonnaise
***me***
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|direct object}} Me.
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|indirect object}} to Me.
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===mea===
mea culpa (interjection) :: mea culpa
***medicine***
(Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
***meeting***
meeting {{fr-noun|m}} :: meeting, meet
un meeting aérien :: an air show
***mental***
mental {{fr-adj-al|ment}} :: mental
mental {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: mind
Elle a un mental d'acier. :: --
***menu***
menu {fr-adj} :: slim, small, fine
menu {fr-adj} :: minor, trifling
menu {{fr-noun|m}} :: detailed list
menu {{fr-noun|m}} :: menu; a set meal on a menu
(Old French) menu {m} (adjective) :: small
{{quote-book|year=12th Century|title=Raoul de Cambrai|author=Unknown|passage=Trenche la coife de son hauberc menu|translation=He cut off the head of his small coat of armor}} :: --
===mère===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
***met***
met (verb form) :: third-person singular indicative present of "mettre", puts
***metal***
(Middle French) metal {{frm-noun|m|pl=metaulx}} :: metal
(Old French) metal {{fro-noun|m|metaus|metaus}} :: metal (material)
===métal===
en {fr-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
===mètres===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===mettre===
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
***meute***
meute {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} pack (of hounds)
***Mexico***
Mexico {fr-proper noun} :: Mexico City
===Mexique===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
***microbe***
microbe {{fr-noun|m}} :: {microbiology} microbe
***miel***
miel {{fr-noun|m}} :: honey
===mielz===
(Old French) bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mielz, miex :: well
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
"Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.
Seneschaus, savez vos an rien? :: --
Yes, I remember it well
:: --
===mieux===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: well
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: indeed
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===miex===
(Old French) bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mielz, miex :: well
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
"Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.
Seneschaus, savez vos an rien? :: --
Yes, I remember it well
:: --
***mikado***
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} any emperor of Japan
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: mikado (game of skill)
***million***
million (cardinal number) :: million, 106.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 106.
***mine***
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: mine (excavation or explosive)
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: appearance, physical aspect; expression
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|1|s|pres|ind}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|3|s|pres|ind}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|1|s|pres|sub}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|1|s|pres|sub}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|2|s|imp}
===miner===
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|1|s|pres|ind}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|3|s|pres|ind}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|1|s|pres|sub}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|1|s|pres|sub}
mine {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|miner|2|s|imp}
***minuscule***
minuscule {fr-adj-mf} :: minuscule
minuscule {{fr-noun|f}} :: minuscule
***minute***
minute {{fr-noun|f}} :: minute
minute {fr-intj} :: wait a sec!
===mis===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
***mobile***
mobile {fr-adj-mf} :: mobile
mobile {fr-adj-mf} :: moving
mobile {fr-adj-mf} :: movable
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} moving body
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: mobile (decoration)
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: motive (for an action, for a crime)
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: mobile phone
***modem***
modem {{fr-noun|m}} :: modem
===moi===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===moins===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
***mole***
mole {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|chemistry|physics}} Mole.
===molt===
(Old French) mot {m} (adjective) :: {alternative form of|molt}
(Old French) mot (adverb) :: {alternative form of|molt}
===mon===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
***Monaco***
Monaco {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Monaco (principality)
Monaco {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Monaco (capital)
===monde===
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
===Monténégro===
Serbie-et-Monténégro (proper noun) :: Serbia and Montenegro
***mot***
mot {{fr-noun|m}} :: word
mot {{fr-noun|m}} :: note, (short) message
(Middle French) mot {{frm-noun|m}} :: word
(Old French) mot {{fro-noun|m|moz|moz}} :: word
(Old French) mot {m} (adjective) :: {alternative form of|molt}
(Old French) mot (adverb) :: {alternative form of|molt}
***mouflon***
mouflon {{fr-noun|m}} :: mouflon
***multiplication***
multiplication {{fr-noun|f}} :: multiplication (process)
===mur===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
***musical***
musical {{fr-adj|mp=musicaux}} :: musical
***musique***
musique {{fr-noun|f}} :: music
(Old French) musique {{fro-noun|f}} :: music
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|1|s|pres|ind}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|3|s|pres|ind}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|1|s|pres|sub}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|3|s|pres|sub}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|2|s|imp}
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===musiquer===
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|1|s|pres|ind}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|3|s|pres|ind}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|1|s|pres|sub}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|3|s|pres|sub}
musique {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|musiquer|2|s|imp}
***Myanmar***
Myanmar {{fr-proper noun|g=m}} :: Myanmar
***n***
n {{fr-letter|upper=N|lower=n}} :: {{Latn-def|fr|letter|14}}
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter I|passage=Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela. }} :: --
With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose. :: --
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
***nadir***
nadir {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} nadir
***NASDAQ***
NASDAQ {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: NASDAQ
***natal***
natal {m} ({f} natale, {m} {p} nataux, {f} {p} natales) :: native
ville natale :: home town
===natale===
natal {m} ({f} natale, {m} {p} nataux, {f} {p} natales) :: native
ville natale :: home town
***natter***
natter {fr-verb} :: to plait; to braid
***natural***
(Old French) natural {m} (adjective), feminine: natural :: natural
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Perceval ou le conte du Graal|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=si sanbla natural color.|translation=The color seemed so natural.}} :: --
***nature***
nature {{fr-noun|f}} :: nature
nature une [[brioche]] '''nature'''{fr-adj-mf} :: plain, unseasoned
Brioche nature ou au sucre? :: --
***nazi***
nazi {fr-adj} :: Nazi
nazi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Nazi
===nbsp===
natal {m} ({f} natale, {m} {p} nataux, {f} {p} natales) :: native
ville natale :: home town
===ne===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
===Ne===
point {fr-adv} :: {{literary|dialectal|usually with "ne"}} not
Ne craignez point :: Fear not
***neuf***
{{cardinalbox|fr|8|9|10|huit|dix|ord=neuvième|wplink=Neuf}}neuf (cardinal number) :: nine
neuf {{fr-adj|f=neuve}} :: brand new, very new
***ni***
ni (conjunction) :: neither; nor
***nickel***
nickel {m} (noun) :: nickel (metal)
nickel {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {slang} spotless
nickel {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {slang} perfect, bang on
***niece***
(Old French) niece {{fro-noun|f}} :: niece
***Niger***
Niger {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Niger (country)
===noir===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
===noit===
(Old French) nuit {{fro-noun|f|nuiz|nuit|nuiz}} :: {alternative form of|noit}
===nom===
(Old French) non {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|nom}
***non***
non {fr-adv} :: no
non :: not
{{quote-book|passage=Êtes-vous toujours en prière ? / Êtes-vous des astres blessés ? / Car ce sont des pleurs de lumière, / Non des rayons, que vous versez.|translation=Are you still in prayer? / Are you blessed stars? / Because it is cries of light, / Not rays, that you pour.|author=Sully Prudhomme|title={{wsource|Les Solitudes}}|chapter={{wsource|La Voie lactée}}|year=1869}} :: --
non {fr-intj} :: no!
(Middle French) non (interjection) :: no
(Old French) non (interjection) :: no
(Old French) non {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|nom}
===nonain===
(Old French) none {f} (noun form) :: {Nominative singular|nonain}
===none===
(Old French) none {f} (noun form) :: {Nominative singular|nonain}
***nosémose***
nosémose {f} (noun) :: nosemose
***note***
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: note (written or spoken)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: {music} note
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: touch, hint, note
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|1|s|pres|ind}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|3|s|pres|ind}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|1|s|pres|sub}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|3|s|pres|sub}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|2|s|imp}
===noter===
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|1|s|pres|ind}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|3|s|pres|ind}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|1|s|pres|sub}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|3|s|pres|sub}
note {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|noter|2|s|imp}
===Nous===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===nouveau===
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
***nu***
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|person}} naked, nude
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|body, tree}} bare
nu {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: nu (Greek letter)
(Old French) nu {m} (adjective), feminine: nue :: naked
(Old French) nu {m} (adverb), feminine: nue :: naked
***nuance***
nuance {{fr-noun|f}} :: nuance
nuance {{fr-noun|f}} :: gradation of colors
===nue===
(Old French) nu {m} (adjective), feminine: nue :: naked
(Old French) nu {m} (adverb), feminine: nue :: naked
===nuire===
nuit {fr-verb-form} :: {third person singular present|nuire}
***nuisance***
nuisance {{fr-noun|f}} :: pollution
Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier. :: --
***nuit***
nuit {{fr-noun|f}} :: night
nuit {fr-verb-form} :: {third person singular present|nuire}
(Old French) nuit {{fro-noun|f|nuiz|nuit|nuiz}} :: {alternative form of|noit}
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===nul===
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===numbers===
{{cardinalbox|fr|4|5|6|quatre|six|ord=cinquième|wplink=Cinq}}cinq {m|inv} (noun) cat2=cardinal numbers :: five
***Nunavut***
Nunavut {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Nunavut
***o***
o (letter) :: o (miniscule)
o (abbreviation) :: {computing} octet (B (byte))
===objectif===
objective {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|objectif}
===objective===
objective {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|objectif}
***observateur***
observateur {{fr-adj|f=observatrice}} :: observant
observateur {{fr-noun|m|f=observatrice}} :: observer
***observation***
observation {{fr-noun|f}} :: observation
***œil***
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: glyph, rendering of a single character
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye (of a needle), plural œils
(Middle French) œil {{frm-noun|m|pl=yeulx}} :: {{anatomy|skey=oeil}} eye
===Œuvres===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===offre===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
***ogre***
ogre {{fr-noun|m|f=ogresse}} :: {mythology} ogre
***oh***
oh :: oh
===Old===
(Old French) cum (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
(Old French) fere (verb) :: {alternative form of|faire}
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Perceval ou le conte du Graal|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Sire, vostre prisoniers sui
por fere ce que vos voldroiz|translation=Sire, I am your prisoner
To do what you desire}} :: --
(Old French) ke (pronoun) :: {alternative form of|que}
(Old French) ke (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|que}
(Old French) nuit {{fro-noun|f|nuiz|nuit|nuiz}} :: {alternative form of|noit}
(Old French) cop {{fro-noun|m|cos|cos}} :: {alternative form of|colp}
(Old French) con (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|conme}
***olive***
olive {{fr-noun|f}} :: olive
===om===
(Old French) om {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|hom}
***omelette***
omelette {{fr-noun|f}} :: omelette
***on***
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
===On===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
***Ontario***
Ontario {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Ontario (all senses)
***onze***
{{cardinalbox|fr|10|11|12|dix|douze|ord=onzième|wplink=Onze}}onze (cardinal number) :: eleven
***open***
open {{fr-noun|m}} :: open tournament
***opinion***
opinion {{fr-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
(Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
***or***
or {{fr-noun|m}} :: gold
or {fr-adv} :: {obsolete} now, presently
or (conjunction) :: yet, however
(Middle French) or {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: gold (metal)
(Middle French) or {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: gold (color)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: gold (metal)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: gold (color)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: {by extension} blond(e) color
***oral***
oral {{fr-adj-al|or}} :: oral
***orange***
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
orange {{fr-noun|m}} :: orange (color)
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
***ordinal***
ordinal {{fr-adj|mp=ordinaux}} :: ordinal
***ore***
(Old French) ore (adverb) :: now
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===oriant===
(Old French) orient {{fro-noun|m|-|orienz}} :: {alternative form of|oriant}
===orient===
(Old French) orient {{fro-noun|m|-|orienz}} :: {alternative form of|oriant}
***original***
original {{fr-adj|mp=originaux}} :: original
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An unusual or eccentric person
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An original manuscript
***os***
os {{fr-noun|m|pl=os}} :: bone
os {{fr-noun|m|pl=os}} :: bones
(Old French) os {{fro-noun|m|os|os}} :: bone
===Où===
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
===ouest===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===Oui===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
***ours***
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: bear (animal)
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
(Middle French) ours {{frm-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: bear (mammal)
===ouvert===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
***oxygène***
oxygène {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: oxygen
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|1|s|pres|ind}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|3|s|pres|ind}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|1|s|pres|sub}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|3|s|pres|sub}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|2|s|imp}
===oxygéner===
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|1|s|pres|ind}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|3|s|pres|ind}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|1|s|pres|sub}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|3|s|pres|sub}
oxygène {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|oxygéner|2|s|imp}
***pain***
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: bread
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: piece of bread
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} punch (a hit with the fist)
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: a block (of ice)
(Old French) pain {{fro-noun|m}} :: bread
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
***Pakistan***
Pakistan {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Pakistan
***palace***
palace {{fr-noun|m}} :: luxury hotel
***Palestine***
Palestine {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Palestine
***palpable***
palpable {fr-adj-mf} :: palpable
***pamphlet***
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: lampoon (written attack)
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Quebec} pamphlet (small booklet)
***panier***
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: basket
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal scored in basketball
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: basketball hoop
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===pantalon===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
===par===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
***Paraguay***
Paraguay {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Paraguay
===parapluie===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
***parasol***
parasol {{fr-noun|m}} :: parasol
===parce===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***parent***
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: parent, one’s father or mother
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: any person to which one is related
(Old French) parent {{fro-noun|m|parenz|parenz|parent}} :: parent
parent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|parer|3|p|pres|ind}
parent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|parer|3|p|pres|sub}
parents {m|p} (plural) :: {plural of|parent}
===parents===
parents {m|p} (plural) :: {plural of|parent}
===parer===
parent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|parer|3|p|pres|ind}
parent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|parer|3|p|pres|sub}
***Paris***
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===parle===
anglais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: English language
Il parle anglais :: He speaks English
===parlé===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===parler===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
***parole***
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: voice, spoken word
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
(Old French) parole {{fro-noun|f}} :: word
(Old French) parole {{fro-noun|f}} :: {{by extension|figuratively}} the right to speak
===paroles===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
===partie===
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===parties===
party {m|f} (noun), plural: parties, or: partys :: {Canada} party (social gathering)
===partir===
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
***party***
party {m|f} (noun), plural: parties, or: partys :: {Canada} party (social gathering)
===partys===
party {m|f} (noun), plural: parties, or: partys :: {Canada} party (social gathering)
===parure===
grande parure {{fr-noun|f|head=grande parure|pl=grandes parures}} :: full dress
===pas===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
***passage***
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going through a place or event.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} Circulation, traffic, movement.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A short stay.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A trip or travel, especially by boat.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going from a state to another.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: Graduation from a school year.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of making something undergo a process.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: the act of handing something to someone.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An access way.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A laid out way allowing to go across something.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A paragraph or section of text or music.
(Old French) passage {{fro-noun|m}} :: passage (part of a route or journey)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Volez que je vos die gierres
Del passage com il est max ?|translation=Do you want me to tell you
Of the passage, how bad it is?}} :: --
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|1|s|pres|ind}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|3|s|pres|ind}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|1|s|pres|sub}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|3|s|pres|sub}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|2|s|imp}
===passager===
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|1|s|pres|ind}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|3|s|pres|ind}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|1|s|pres|sub}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|3|s|pres|sub}
passage {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|passager|2|s|imp}
***patronage***
patronage {{fr-noun|m}} :: Patronage
===Paulo===
São Paulo {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: São Paulo
1955, {{w|Claude Lévi-Strauss}}, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., {{w|Plon (publisher)|Plon}}, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. X,I p. 108 :: --
Et pourtant São Paulo ne m'a jamais paru laide : c'était une ville sauvage comme le sont toutes les villes américaines, à l'exception peut-être de Washington, D.C., [...] :: --
— And yet I never thought that São Paulo was ugly: it was a‘wild’ town, as are all American towns, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C., [...] — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), {{w|Tristes Tropiques}}, 2011 ed., {{w|Penguin Books}}, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8 :: --
***pavement***
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: paving
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: tiled floor
===payer===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===pays===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
===pêcher===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
***penalty***
penalty {{fr-noun|m|pl=penalties}} :: {sports} penalty, penalty kick
***penny***
penny {{fr-noun|m}} :: penny
***people***
people {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} A celebrity, a famous person.
2004, Emmanuel Davidenkoff and Didier Hassoux, Luc Ferry: une comédie du pouvoir, 2002–2004 (Luc Ferry: A Comedy of Power, 2002–2004), Hachette, ISBN 9782012357785, :: --
Le novice en politique contre le mammouth « Éducation nationale ». Ça mérite la sympathie. Et puis c’est un people. Les gens aiment et détestent à la fois. Ils sont fascinés. Le bonheur sur papier glacé. Les vacances entre Saint-Trop’, la Martinique et Deauville. :: --
The political novice against the mammoth "National Education". That merited sympathy. Then, too, he was a celebrity. People loved and hated at the same time. They were fascinated. Happiness on ice paper. Vacations between Saint-Tropez, Martinique, and Deauville. :: --
2008, Martine Delvaux, "L’égoïsme romantique de Frédéric Beigbeder" ("Frédéric Beigbeder's L’égoïsme romantique (Romantic Egotism)"), in Alain-Philippe Durand (editor), Frédéric Beigbeder et ses doubles (Frédéric Beigbeder and His Doubles), Rodopi, ISBN 978-90-420-2472-4, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xdq49c2vIfYC&pg=PA95&dq=people page 95]: :: --
Oscar Dufresne est un people anti-people, un macho impuissant, un intellectuel qui ne dit rien d’intelligent, un faux sadique et un faux masochiste, un anti-autobiographe. :: --
Oscar Dufresne is a celebrity who is anti-celebrity, a powerless macho man, an intellectual who says nothing intelligent, a fake sadist and a fake masochist, an anti-autobiographer. :: --
***percent***
percent (verb form) :: Third-person plural present of percer.
===perdu===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===personnes===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
***Perth***
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Australia)
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Scotland)
***pet***
pet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} fart
(Middle French) pet {{frm-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} fart, gas, flatulence
===peut===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
***Philippines***
Philippines {fr-proper noun} {f|p} :: The Philippines.
===photo===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
***phrase***
phrase {{fr-noun|f}} :: (false friend) sentence
***pi***
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: pi (Greek letter)
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {mathematics} pi
***piano***
piano {{fr-noun|m}} :: piano
***pie***
pie {{fr-noun|f}} :: Magpie.
pies (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|pie}
***piece***
(Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: piece, bit, part
(Old French) piece {{fro-noun|f}} :: piece, bit, part
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Que del hiaume une piece tranche. :: --
It cuts a piece off his helmet :: --
===pièces===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===pies===
pies (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|pie}
***pigeon***
pigeon {{fr-noun|m}} :: pigeon
***pigment***
pigment {{fr-noun|m}} :: pigment, coloring substance
***pin***
pin {{fr-noun|m}} :: pine, pine tree
***pipe***
pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe.
pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {vulgar} fellatio.
Faire une pipe. :: --
Tailler une pipe. :: --
===piquer===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
***pizza***
pizza {{fr-noun|f}} :: pizza
===plat===
plate {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|plat}
***plate***
plate {{fr-noun|f}} :: Very small flat boat.
plate {fr-adj-mf} :: {{Canada|informal}} Annoyingly boring.
{{quote-book|year=1999|author=Chrystine Brouillet|title=Les Fiancées de l'Enfer|isbn=2-89021-363-3| page=204| passage="On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles." — We're going to sound like those people who tell they frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.}} :: --
plate {fr-adj-mf} :: {{Canada|informal}} Troublesome.
plate {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine|plat}
===pleine===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===pleuvait===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
***pleuvoir***
pleuvoir {{fr-verb|type=impersonal}} :: to rain
***plural***
plural {{fr-adj|sf=plurale|mp=pluraux|pf=plurales}} :: plural, large
===plus===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===poindre===
point {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|poindre}
point {fr-past participle} :: {conjugation of|poindre|3|s|pres|ind}
***point***
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: point (small mark)
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{sports|games}} point
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: full stop, period (punctuation mark)
point {fr-adv} :: {{literary|dialectal|usually with "ne"}} not
Ne craignez point :: Fear not
point {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|poindre}
point {fr-past participle} :: {conjugation of|poindre|3|s|pres|ind}
***poire***
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: pear
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} mug, sucker, soft touch
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: pear brandy
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A pear-shaped switch.
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|butchery}} A beef cut.
***poison***
poison {{fr-noun|m}} :: poison
(Old French) poison {{fro-noun|f}} :: poison
(Old French) poison {{fro-noun|f}} :: potion
***pollution***
pollution {{fr-noun|f}} :: pollution
***pomme***
pomme {{fr-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
(Old French) pomme {{fro-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===pommes===
pommes frites {f} (noun), :: french fries; chips
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===pond===
pond {fr-verb-form} :: {third-person singular present|pondre}
===pondre===
pond {fr-verb-form} :: {third-person singular present|pondre}
***port***
port {m} (noun) :: port, harbour
port {m} (noun) :: port, harbour city
port {m} (noun) :: refuge
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
port {m} (noun) :: transport
port {m} (noun) :: postage
port {m} (noun) :: stature, way of carrying oneself
(Old French) port {{fro-noun|m|porz|porz|port}} :: port (for watercraft)
===Port===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: tax-free
Port franc :: Free port
===portion===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
***positron***
positron {{fr-noun|m}} :: positron
===possibilité===
second {fr-adj} :: second
« Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve (...) s'avança vers Agostin. (Gautier, Fracasse, 1863) :: --
une seconde possibilité :: a second possibility, another possibility
***potable***
potable {fr-adj-mf} :: potable
***potassium***
potassium {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: potassium
***pour***
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
baste pour cela :: Enough of that, all well and good, so be it.
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===préfère===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===premiers===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===pressa===
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
***prince***
prince {{fr-noun|m}} :: prince
(Old French) prince {{fro-noun|m}} :: prince
===profile===
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|1|s|pres|ind}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|3|s|pres|ind}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|1|s|pres|sub}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|1|s|pres|sub}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|2|s|imp}
===profiler===
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|1|s|pres|ind}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|3|s|pres|ind}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|1|s|pres|sub}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|1|s|pres|sub}
profile {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|profiler|2|s|imp}
===promotionnelle===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Campaign.
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
***pronominal***
pronominal {{fr-adj|mp=pronominaux}} :: pronominal
===proposons===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===propriété===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
***protester***
protester {fr-verb} :: to protest; to object
(Middle French) protester (verb) :: to claim
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=Lucillius, lequel protestoit n'escrire que a ses Tarentins & Consentinois|translation=}} :: --
***proton***
proton {m} (noun) :: proton
***PS***
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
***pseudo***
pseudo- (prefix) :: pseudo-
pseudo-langue :: fake language
pseudo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{chiefly|Internet slang}} A nickname, handle or pseudonym.
***pub***
pub {{fr-noun|f}} :: Television ad or advert.
pub {{fr-noun|m}} :: pub
***pull***
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
***pupitre***
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: pupil's desk, school desk
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: console, control panel
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: music stand
===pure===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
***put***
put (verb form) :: third-person singular past historic of pouvoir.
***putter***
putter {{fr-noun|m}} :: putter (golf club)
putter {fr-verb} :: {golf} to putt
===qqun===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===qu===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
***quadrant***
quadrant {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadrant
***quadrillion***
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
***quadruple***
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: Which is repeated four times.
Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple. :: --
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: Something that is equal to four times something else.
Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} A move whose score is multiplied by four.
Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples. :: --
J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} The area on the board where such a move is possible.
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
quadruple :: {First- and third-person singular indicative present|quadrupler}
quadruple :: {First- and third-person singular subjunctive present|quadrupler}
quadruple :: {Ordinary second-person singular imperative present|quadrupler}
===quadrupler===
quadruple :: {First- and third-person singular indicative present|quadrupler}
quadruple :: {First- and third-person singular subjunctive present|quadrupler}
quadruple :: {Ordinary second-person singular imperative present|quadrupler}
***quadruplet***
quadruplet {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
===quand===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
***quarante***
quarante (cardinal number) :: forty
(Old French) quarante (cardinal number) :: forty
***quarter***
quarter {{fr-noun|m}} :: quarter (old measure of corn)
***quatorze***
quatorze (cardinal number) :: fourteen
***quatre***
{{cardinalbox|fr|3|4|5|trois|cinq|ord=quatrième|wplink=Quatre}}quatre (cardinal number) :: four
(Old French) quatre (cardinal number) :: four
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
quatre-vingts {{fr-noun-inv|m|head=quatre vingts}} :: eighty, 80.
===que===
(Old French) ke (pronoun) :: {alternative form of|que}
(Old French) ke (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|que}
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===quelque===
quelque chose :: something, abbreviated as: qqch.
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
===quérir===
quit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|quérir|3|s|past historic}
===qui===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
***quinze***
quinze (cardinal number) :: fifteen
===quit===
quit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|quérir|3|s|past historic}
***race***
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: race (classification)
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: kind
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: {zoology} breed
***radar***
radar {{fr-noun|m}} :: radar
***radio***
radio {{fr-noun|f}} :: radio, tuner
***rail***
rail {{fr-noun|m}} :: rail
***rang***
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A rank or position in a series or hierarchy.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|knitting}} A knitting course.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} The road serving such a series of plots.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {military} {uncountable} The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.
***rat***
rat {{fr-noun|m}} :: rat
rat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} sweetheart
rat {{fr-noun|m}} :: scrooch
(Old French) rat {{fro-noun|m}} :: rat (animal)
***rata***
rata :: third-person singular past historic form of rater
***rate***
rate {{fr-noun|f}} :: spleen
rate {{fr-noun|f}} :: (female) rat
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: second-person singular imperative of rater
===rater===
rata :: third-person singular past historic form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: second-person singular imperative of rater
===réduirait===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===regarder===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
***rein***
rein {{fr-noun|m}} :: {anatomy} kidney
rein {{fr-noun|m}} :: {in the plural} small of the back, waist
(Middle French) rein {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: {anatomy} kidney
***religion***
religion {{fr-noun|f}} :: religion
(Old French) religion {{fro-noun|f}} :: religion
***remake***
remake {{fr-noun|m}} :: {film} remake
===remonta===
remonta {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|remonter|3|s|past historic}
===remonter===
remonta {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|remonter|3|s|past historic}
===renifleur===
avion renifleur {m} (noun) :: sniffer plane
===rentré===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
***représentant***
représentant {{fr-noun|m|f=représentante}} :: representative
représentant (present participle) :: {present participle of|représenter}; representing
===représenter===
représentant (present participle) :: {present participle of|représenter}; representing
***Réunion***
la Réunion {f} (proper noun) :: Réunion
***rêve***
rêve {{fr-noun|m}} :: dream
===revenir===
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
revenue {f} (past participle form) :: {Feminine singular past participle|revenir}
***revenue***
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical return; arrival
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} The action of game leaving the forest to graze
revenue {f} (past participle form) :: {Feminine singular past participle|revenir}
***rêver***
rêver {fr-verb} :: To dream.
===Rica===
Costa Rica {f} (proper noun) :: Costa Rica
===rice===
(Old French) rice {m|f} (adjective) :: {Picardy} {alternative form of|riche}
===riche===
(Old French) rice {m|f} (adjective) :: {Picardy} {alternative form of|riche}
***ride***
ride {{fr-noun|f}} :: wrinkle, line (on face etc.)
ride {{fr-noun|f}} :: ripple, ridge
===rien===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
***rifle***
rifle {{fr-noun|m}} :: rifle (carabine)
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|1|s|pres|ind}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|3|s|pres|ind}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|1|s|pres|sub}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|3|s|pres|sub}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|2|s|imp}
===rifler===
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|1|s|pres|ind}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|3|s|pres|ind}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|1|s|pres|sub}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|3|s|pres|sub}
rifle {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|rifler|2|s|imp}
***ring***
ring {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{sports|chiefly combat sports}} ring
===risques===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
***river***
river {fr-verb} :: to drive/set a rivet
***robin***
robin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{obsolete| lang=fr}} sheep, calf
robin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{archaic|pejorative| lang=fr}} lawyer
***robot***
robot {{fr-noun|m}} :: robot
===rode===
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|1|s|pres|ind}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|3|s|pres|ind}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|1|s|pres|sub}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|1|s|pres|sub}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|2|s|imp}
===rodent===
rodent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|3|p|pres|ind}
rodent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|3|p|pres|sub}
===roder===
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|1|s|pres|ind}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|3|s|pres|ind}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|1|s|pres|sub}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|1|s|pres|sub}
rode {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|2|s|imp}
rodent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|3|p|pres|ind}
rodent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|roder|3|p|pres|sub}
***rose***
rose {{fr-noun|f}} :: rose (flower)
rose {{fr-noun|f}} :: rose window
rose {{fr-noun|m}} :: pink
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: pink
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {humorous} pink, left-wing
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {colloquial} erotic, blue
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|in phrases}} rosy, rose-tinted
***rot***
rot {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} belch, burp
***router***
router {fr-verb} :: to route
***rue***
rue {{fr-noun|f}} :: street, road
rue {{fr-noun|f}} :: rue {{sense|the plant}}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|1|s|pres|ind}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|3|s|pres|ind}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|1|s|pres|sub}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|1|s|pres|sub}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|2|s|imp}
===ruer===
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|1|s|pres|ind}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|3|s|pres|ind}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|1|s|pres|sub}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|1|s|pres|sub}
rue {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ruer|2|s|imp}
***Rwanda***
Rwanda {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Rwanda
===s===
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===sa===
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
===sait===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
***sale***
sale {fr-adj-mf} :: dirty
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|1|s|pres|ind}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|3|s|pres|ind}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|1|s|pres|sub}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|1|s|pres|sub}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|2|s|imp}
===saler===
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|1|s|pres|ind}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|3|s|pres|ind}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|1|s|pres|sub}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|1|s|pres|sub}
sale {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|saler|2|s|imp}
***Salvador***
Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador (country in Central America)
El Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador
***san***
san {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: san (Greek letter)
***sana***
sana {{fr-noun|m}} :: sanatorium
***sanction***
sanction {{fr-noun|f}} :: sanction
===sandwichs===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***sang***
sang {{fr-noun|m}} :: blood
(Middle French) sang {{frm-noun|m}} :: blood
===sans===
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===São===
São Paulo {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: São Paulo
1955, {{w|Claude Lévi-Strauss}}, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., {{w|Plon (publisher)|Plon}}, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. X,I p. 108 :: --
Et pourtant São Paulo ne m'a jamais paru laide : c'était une ville sauvage comme le sont toutes les villes américaines, à l'exception peut-être de Washington, D.C., [...] :: --
— And yet I never thought that São Paulo was ugly: it was a‘wild’ town, as are all American towns, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C., [...] — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), {{w|Tristes Tropiques}}, 2011 ed., {{w|Penguin Books}}, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8 :: --
===Sarthe===
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
***Saskatchewan***
Saskatchewan {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Saskatchewan
===sauvages===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===savoir===
(Old French) set (verb form) :: {Third-person singular present indicative|savoir}
***science***
science {{fr-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
===se===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
***second***
second {fr-adj} :: second
« Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve (...) s'avança vers Agostin. (Gautier, Fracasse, 1863) :: --
une seconde possibilité :: a second possibility, another possibility
second {{fr-noun|m}} :: assistant
Je m'attachai aux pas de miss Harriet et lui servis de second dans le classement du linge. (Gobineau, Pléiades, 1874) :: --
===seconde===
second {fr-adj} :: second
« Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve (...) s'avança vers Agostin. (Gautier, Fracasse, 1863) :: --
une seconde possibilité :: a second possibility, another possibility
***secret***
secret {{fr-adj|f=secrète}} :: secret
secret {{fr-noun|m}} :: secret
===seigneur===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
***seize***
seize (cardinal number) :: sixteen
===semble===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===sent===
sent (verb form) :: {third-person singular indicative present|sentir}
***sentence***
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (judgement; verdict)
{{quote-book|year=1532|title=Pantagruel|author=François Rabelais|passage=... puis retourna s'asseoir et commença pronuncer la sentence comme s'ensuyt :|translation=... then went back and sat down and started to give the verdict as follows:}} :: --
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=tant a cause des amphibologies, equivocques, & obscuritez des motz, que de la briefveté des sentences|translation=}} :: --
===sentir===
sent (verb form) :: {third-person singular indicative present|sentir}
***sept***
{{cardinalbox|fr|6|7|8|six|huit|ord=septième|wplink=Sept}}sept (cardinal number) :: seven
(Middle French) sept (noun) {m|inv} :: seven
===septembre===
en {fr-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
===serai===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===Serbie===
Serbie-et-Monténégro (proper noun) :: Serbia and Montenegro
***servant***
servant {{fr-noun|m|f=servante}} :: servant
servant :: {present participle of|servir}
===servir===
servant :: {present participle of|servir}
===ses===
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
***set***
set {{fr-noun|m}} :: {tennis} set
(Old French) set (cardinal number) :: seven
(Old French) set (verb form) :: {Third-person singular present indicative|savoir}
===seulement===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***shit***
shit {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {slang} hash (cannabis)
***shogun***
shogun {m} (noun){{tbot entry|French|shogun|2009|July|fr}} :: shogun
***short***
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
***sic***
sic {fr-adv} :: sic
***simple***
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: simple
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: one-way
Un billet simple. :: A one-way ticket.
simple {{fr-noun|m}} :: one-way ticket
simple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {baseball} single
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: innocent
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: mere; simple
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: honest; without pretense
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: peasant, pauper (attibutive)
===simples===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: innocent
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: mere; simple
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: honest; without pretense
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: peasant, pauper (attibutive)
***six***
six {{cardinalbox|fr|5|6|7|cinq|sept|ord=sixième|wplink=Six}}{{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: six
(Middle French) six (noun) {m|inv} :: six
***slang***
slang {{fr-noun|m}} :: English slang
Twain fut un des premiers auteurs provenant des terres intérieures des États-Unis qui a su capturer la distinction, le slang comique et l'iconoclasme de sa nation. :: --
***slow***
slow {{fr-noun|m}} :: slow waltz
***soccer***
soccer {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {Quebec} soccer (association football)
***sodium***
sodium {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: sodium
***sofa***
sofa {{fr-noun|m}} :: couch; sofa
===soir===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
***sol***
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: soil, earth
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: ground
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: floor
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} sou, the feudal era coin.
***soleil***
soleil {{fr-noun|m}} :: sun (star)
(Middle French) soleil {{frm-noun|m}} :: sun (star)
(Old French) soleil {{fro-noun|m|soleilz|soleilz|soleil}} :: sun (star)
===Soleil===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
===solitaires===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
***son***
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: Sound.
{{usex|Le son de ce piano est agréable.|translation=The sound of this piano is nice.}} :: --
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
===sont===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
***sorbet***
sorbet {{fr-noun|m}} :: sorbet, sherbet
***sot***
sot {{fr-adj|feminine=sotte}} :: silly, foolish, stupid
sot {{fr-noun|m|f=sotte}} :: imbecile, fool
===souri===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===souvent===
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
===sport===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
***square***
square {{fr-noun|m}} :: small public garden in the middle of a square
Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques. :: --
***squash***
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sport} {uncountable} squash
Jouer au squash. :: --
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: squash game
On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui. :: --
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: squash court
La ville a construit trois squashs municipaux. :: --
===stade===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
***standard***
standard {fr-adj} :: standard
***star***
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
stars (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|star}
===stars===
stars (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|star}
***stock***
stock {{fr-noun|m}} :: stock, goods in supply
***Stockholm***
Stockholm {fr-proper noun} :: Stockholm
***stop***
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: stop sign
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: hitchhiking
***string***
string {{fr-noun|m}} :: G-string, thong, tanga
***stud***
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: assembly of horses for sale or racing
===subjectif===
subjective {f} :: {feminine of|subjectif}
===subjective===
subjective {f} :: {feminine of|subjectif}
***substance***
substance {{fr-noun|f}} :: substance
===substantif===
substantive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|substantif}
===substantive===
substantive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|substantif}
===substituent===
substituent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|substituer|3|p|pres|ind}
substituent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|substituer|3|p|pres|sub}
===substituer===
substituent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|substituer|3|p|pres|ind}
substituent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|substituer|3|p|pres|sub}
===suis===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===Suisse===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
***suit***
suit :: third-person singular present indicative form of suivre
===suite===
tout de suite {{fr-adv|sg=tout de suite}} :: {idiomatic} immediately, right away
===sur===
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
***Sydney***
Sydney {fr-proper noun} :: Sydney (in Australia)
***t***
t {{fr-letter|upper=T|lower=t}} :: {{Latn-def|fr|letter|20}}
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Sa curiosité et son extravagance arrivèrent à ce point qu’il vendit plusieurs arpents de bonnes terres à labourer pour acheter des livres de chevalerie à lire. :: --
His curiosity and his extravagance came to the point that he sold several arpents of good working land to buy books of chivalry to read. :: --
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
***ta***
ta {f} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} Your.
(Old French) ta {f} (possessive pronoun), masculine: ton, plural: tes :: your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
===table===
tables (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|table}
===tabler===
tables {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|tabler|2|s|pres|ind}
tables {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|tabler|2|s|pres|sub}
===tables===
tables (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|table}
tables {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|tabler|2|s|pres|ind}
tables {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|tabler|2|s|pres|sub}
***talent***
talent {{fr-noun|m}} :: talent
(Old French) talent {{fro-noun|m|talenz|talenz}} :: desire; wish (to do something)
***tank***
tank {{fr-noun|m}} :: tank (military vehicle)
tank {{fr-noun|m}} :: tank (container)
***tare***
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} deficiency
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: defect, vice, flaw
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: tare
===tasses===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
***taupe***
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (burrowing mammal)
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (undercover agent)
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tunneler
taupe {fr-adj-mf} :: taupe
***te***
te (pronoun) :: {{context|direct object}} You.
Il te cite souvent.: He often quotes you. :: --
te (pronoun) :: {{context|indirect object}} You.
Il te donne le livre.: He gives you the book. :: --
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
===temps===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
===Temps===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
===tenir===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
***tennis***
tennis {{fr-noun|m|pl=tennis}} :: {{context|usually|_|uncountable}} tennis
tennis {{fr-noun|m|pl=tennis}} :: {{countable|Europe|dated}} sneaker
===tes===
(Old French) ta {f} (possessive pronoun), masculine: ton, plural: tes :: your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
***test***
test {{fr-noun|m}} :: a test, a tryout, a review
===TGV===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
***Tibet***
Tibet {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Tibet
===tient===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
***tigre***
tigre {{fr-noun|m|f=tigresse}} :: tiger
***tin***
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
===toi===
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
===ton===
(Old French) ta {f} (possessive pronoun), masculine: ton, plural: tes :: your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
***tore***
tore {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} torus
===tort===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===tortilla===
tortilla {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|tortiller|3|s|past historic}
===tortiller===
tortilla {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|tortiller|3|s|past historic}
***tout***
tout {fr-adj} :: all
tout {fr-adv} :: all
tout (pronoun) :: everything
tout de suite {{fr-adv|sg=tout de suite}} :: {idiomatic} immediately, right away
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
***tracer***
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to rule (a line)
===trade===
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|1|s|pres|ind}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|3|s|pres|ind}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|1|s|pres|sub}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|1|s|pres|sub}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|2|s|imp}
===trader===
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|1|s|pres|ind}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|3|s|pres|ind}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|1|s|pres|sub}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|1|s|pres|sub}
trade {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|trader|2|s|imp}
***trail***
trail {{fr-noun|f}} :: Dual-sport motorcycle
trail {{fr-noun|f}} :: Trail running
***train***
train {{fr-noun|m}} :: a railroad train
train {{fr-noun|m}} :: pace
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===traite===
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
===transitif===
transitive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|transitif}
===transitive===
transitive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|transitif}
===translate===
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|1|s|pres|ind}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|3|s|pres|ind}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|1|s|pres|sub}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|1|s|pres|sub}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|2|s|imp}
===translater===
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|1|s|pres|ind}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|3|s|pres|ind}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|1|s|pres|sub}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|1|s|pres|sub}
translate {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|translater|2|s|imp}
***translation***
translation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{mathematics|physics}} translation
translations (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|translation}
===translations===
translations (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|translation}
===traversé===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
***treize***
treize (cardinal number) :: thirteen
===très===
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
***triangle***
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (polygon)
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (percussion instrument)
===trichant===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
***trillion***
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
***trois***
{{cardinalbox|fr|2|3|4|deux|quatre|ord=troisième|wplink=Trois}}trois (cardinal number) :: three
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===trouve===
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
===tu===
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===Tu===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
***tuba***
tuba {{fr-noun|m}} :: tuba
tuba {{fr-noun|m}} :: snorkel
***turquoise***
turquoise {{fr-noun|f}} :: turquoise (gemstone)
turquoise {{fr-noun|m}} :: turquoise (colour)
turquoise (invariable) :: turquoise-colored.
***twit***
twit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Quebec|colloquial}} twit (foolish person)
===typique===
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
***Ukraine***
Ukraine {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Ukraine
***un***
un {m} (article), plural: des, negative: de :: an, a
{{cardinalbox|fr|0|1|2|zéro|deux|ord=premier|wplink=1_(nombre)}}un (cardinal number) :: one
un {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: one
un {m} (pronoun) :: one
(Louisiana Creole French) un (cardinal number) :: {cardinal} one
(Middle French) un (article) :: a, an
(Middle French) un (noun) {m|inv} :: one
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine oblique singular indefinite article)
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine nominative plural indefinite article)
(Old French) un (cardinal number) :: one
===Un===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, at liberty
Un homme libre. :: A free man.
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: one-way
Un billet simple. :: A one-way ticket.
===une===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
en {fr-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
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
second {fr-adj} :: second
« Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve (...) s'avança vers Agostin. (Gautier, Fracasse, 1863) :: --
une seconde possibilité :: a second possibility, another possibility
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Campaign.
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
fortune {{fr-noun|f}} :: fortune
faire une fortune :: make a fortune
faire fortune :: make a fortune
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===Une===
en {fr-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
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===unir===
unit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|unir|3|s|pres|ind}
unit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|unir|3|s|past historic}
===unit===
unit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|unir|3|s|pres|ind}
unit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|unir|3|s|past historic}
===update===
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|1|s|pres|ind}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|3|s|pres|ind}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|1|s|pres|sub}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|1|s|pres|sub}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|2|s|imp}
===updater===
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|1|s|pres|ind}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|3|s|pres|ind}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|1|s|pres|sub}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|1|s|pres|sub}
update {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|updater|2|s|imp}
***URSS***
URSS (abbreviation) {f} :: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
***Uruguay***
Uruguay {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Uruguay
***us***
us {m|p} (noun) :: {plurale tantum} customs; traditions
(Old French) us {{fro-noun|m|us|us|us}} :: tradition or custom
***usage***
usage {{fr-noun|m}} :: usage, use
***v***
v {{fr-letter|upper=V|lower=v}} :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter I|passage=Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.}} :: --
Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself. :: --
===va===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
***VA***
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
***vacuum***
vacuum {{fr-noun|m}} :: vacuum (space containing no matter)
===vais===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
***valve***
valve {{fr-noun|f}} :: valve
***van***
van {{fr-noun|m}} :: a winnowing basket
***Venezuela***
Venezuela {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Venezuela
===venir===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
***ventripotent***
ventripotent {{fr-adj|m}} :: Ventripotent.
***ver***
ver {{fr-noun|m}} :: worm
vers {m|p} :: {plural of| ver}
***verbal***
verbal {{fr-adj-al|verb}} :: verbal
***verlan***
verlan {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: verlan
***verre***
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually|uncountable}} glass (substance)
Verre de couleur. :: --
symbol of fragility :: --
Ça casse comme le verre. :: --
symbol of transparency :: --
Une maison de verre. :: --
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} Object in this substance
(optics) glass :: --
Des verres de lunettes. :: --
lens :: --
des verres grossissants. :: --
glass (drinking vessel) :: --
Un verre en cristal. :: --
its content :: --
On va boire un verre ? :: --
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
verres {m|p} :: {plural of|verre}
===verres===
verres {m|p} :: {plural of|verre}
***vers***
vers {fr-prep} :: towards
vers {fr-prep} :: around, circa (with a date)
vers {{fr-noun|m| plural=vers}} :: verse
vers {m|p} :: {plural of| ver}
***vert***
vert {{fr-noun|m}} :: green
vert {fr-adj} :: green
(Old French) vert {{fro-noun|m|verz|verz|vert}} :: green
(Old French) vert {m|f} (adjective) :: green, of a green color
verts {m|p} :: {plural of|vert}
verts {{fr-adj-form|m|p}} :: {Masculine plural form|vert}
***vertical***
vertical {{fr-adj|mp=verticaux}} :: vertical
===verts===
verts {m|p} :: {plural of|vert}
verts {{fr-adj-form|m|p}} :: {Masculine plural form|vert}
===veux===
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
***viable***
viable {fr-adj-mf} :: viable, feasible
===viande===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
***Victoria***
Victoria {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}}, cognate to Victoria.
Victoria {fr-proper noun} :: Victoria ( the queen, the lake )
===viendra===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
===vient===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
***Vietnam***
Vietnam {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Vietnam
***vif***
vif {{fr-adj|f=vive}} :: lively, brisk
vif {{fr-adj|f=vive}} :: vivid, bright
===ville===
natal {m} ({f} natale, {m} {p} nataux, {f} {p} natales) :: native
ville natale :: home town
===vin===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===vingt===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===vingts===
quatre-vingts {{fr-noun-inv|m|head=quatre vingts}} :: eighty, 80.
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
***violet***
violet (noun) :: purple (colour)
violet {{fr-adj|feminine=violette}} :: purple
***vivisection***
vivisection {{fr-noun|m|s}} :: Vivisection.
***vocal***
vocal {{fr-adj-al|voc}} :: vocal, related to the voice
===voie===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
***voir***
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to visit, to go and see)
===vois===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===voisin===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===voiture===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
===vole===
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|1|s|pres|ind}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|3|s|pres|ind}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|1|s|pres|sub}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|3|s|pres|sub}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|2|s|imp}
===voler===
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|1|s|pres|ind}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|3|s|pres|ind}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|1|s|pres|sub}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|3|s|pres|sub}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|2|s|imp}
===volonté===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
***volume***
volume {{fr-noun|m}} :: volume
===vomir===
vomit :: third-person singular past historic form of vomir
***vomit***
vomit :: third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
vomit :: third-person singular past historic form of vomir
===vont===
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
***vote***
vote {{fr-noun|m}} :: Vote
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|1|s|pres|ind}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|3|s|pres|ind}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|1|s|pres|sub}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|3|s|pres|sub}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|2|s|imp}
===voter===
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|1|s|pres|ind}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|3|s|pres|ind}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|1|s|pres|sub}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|3|s|pres|sub}
vote {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voter|2|s|imp}
===votes===
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===votre===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
===voudrais===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===vous===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===Vous===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
===vraiment===
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
***w***
w (letter), uppercase: W :: w
===W===
w (letter), uppercase: W :: w
***wiki***
wiki {{fr-noun|m}} :: wiki
***wombat***
wombat {{fr-noun|m}} :: wombat
***won***
won {{fr-noun|m}} :: won (unit of currency)
***X***
X (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: X-rated
X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X (letter of the Latin alphabet)
***xylophone***
xylophone {{fr-noun|m|s}} :: Xylophone.
***y***
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===Y===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
***yacht***
yacht {{fr-noun|m}} :: Yacht.
***yak***
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
===yoga===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
***ypréau***
ypréau {{fr-noun|m|plural=ypréaux}} :: broad-leaved elm
***Zaïre***
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
***zipper***
zipper {fr-verb} :: {computing} to zip
zipper {fr-verb} :: {Quebec} to zip up (close using a zip)
***zoom***
zoom {{fr-noun|m}} :: zoom (photography)
Index: EN EN->FR
===1===
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (card of value 1).
===10===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
million (cardinal number) :: million, 106.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 106.
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
===11===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===12===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
===18===
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
===19===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
===1905===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===1993===
en {fr-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
===19th===
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
===2===
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
===20===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
===2001===
en {fr-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
===24===
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
===3rd===
lama (verb form) :: 3rd person singular simple past lamer
===4===
quadruplet {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
===5===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===6===
million (cardinal number) :: million, 106.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 106.
===80===
quatre-vingts {{fr-noun-inv|m|head=quatre vingts}} :: eighty, 80.
===81===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===9===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===99===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===à===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
===aa===
aa {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{geology|often|attributive}} The surface of an aa lava flow.
===ab===
abdo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{rare|_|in the singular}} ab (abdominal muscle)
===abaca===
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: A banana tree, the abaca
===abalone===
abalone {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|gastronomy|uncommon}} The abalone.
===abandon===
(Old French) abandoner (verb) :: to abandon
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {{very|formal}} To renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure.
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
===abandonment===
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: abandonment
===abatis===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {military} An abatis.
===abbatial===
abbatial {{fr-adj|mp=abbatiaux}} :: abbatial
===abbey===
abbatial {{fr-noun|m|plural=abbatiaux}} :: The quarters of the abbot and monks within an abbey.
===abbot===
abbatial {{fr-noun|m|plural=abbatiaux}} :: The quarters of the abbot and monks within an abbey.
===abbreviated===
quelque chose :: something, abbreviated as: qqch.
===abdication===
abdication {{fr-noun|f}} :: abdication
===abdomen===
abdomen {{fr-noun|m}} :: abdomen
abdominal {{fr-adj|mp=abdominaux}} :: abdominal; of the abdomen.
===abdominal===
abdominal {{fr-adj|mp=abdominaux}} :: abdominal; of the abdomen.
abdo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{rare|_|in the singular}} ab (abdominal muscle)
abdominales {{fr-adj-form|f|p}} :: {feminine plural of|abdominal}
douleurs abdominales :: abdominal pains
===abduction===
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} Abductive movement; abduction.
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{logic|computing}} Abductive reasoning; abduction.
===Abductive===
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} Abductive movement; abduction.
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{logic|computing}} Abductive reasoning; abduction.
===aberrant===
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {statistics} Character of what is aberrant.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: The state of being aberrant.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
===Aberrant===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: Aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
===aberration===
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {uncommon} An aberration or anomaly.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {astronomy} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {optics} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} An aberration or mutation.
===abhor===
abhorrer {fr-verb} :: to abominate, to abhor, toloathe
(Middle French) abhorrer (verb) :: to abhor
===ability===
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
===abjure===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {{very|formal}} To renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure.
===ablation===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} ablation
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sciences} ablation
===able===
-able (suffix), plural: -ables :: able to be done (similar to English, above)
===ablution===
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|Western|_|Christianity}} Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
===abnormal===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: Aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
===abolition===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "[http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/25/186742.html Brebis égarée]", Le Devoir: :: --
... se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming" :: --
abolition {{fr-noun|f}} :: abolition.
===abominable===
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
===abominate===
abhorrer {fr-verb} :: to abominate, to abhor, toloathe
===abomination===
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{chiefly|religion}} Revulsion, abomination, disgust.
===about===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===above===
-able (suffix), plural: -ables :: able to be done (similar to English, above)
===abracadabra===
abracadabra {fr-intj} :: abracadabra
===abrasion===
abrasion {{fr-noun|f}} :: abrasion.
===abraxas===
abraxas {{fr-noun|m|pl=abraxas}} :: {{gnosticism|historical}} abraxas
===abrogation===
abrogation {{fr-noun|f}} :: abrogation
===abrupt===
brusque {fr-adj-mf} :: abrupt (sudden or hasty)
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Curt and abrupt.
===abscission===
abscission {{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} abscission
===absence===
absence {{fr-noun|f}} :: absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).
===absent===
absent {fr-adj} :: absent
absent {fr-adj} :: absent-minded
absenter {{fr-verb|sg=s'absenter}} :: {{context|always reflexive}} to leave; to absent oneself
absence {{fr-noun|f}} :: absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).
===absentee===
absent {{fr-noun|m}} :: absentee; missing person
===absinthe===
absinthe {{fr-noun|f}} :: absinthe
===absinther===
absinthe {fr-verb-form} :: See absinther
===absinthium===
absinthe {{fr-noun|f}} :: wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
===Absolutely===
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
===absolution===
absolution {{fr-noun|f}} :: absolution (from sins or wrongs)
absolution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {legal} acquittal, absolution
===absorb===
absorbable {fr-adj-mf} :: capable of being absorbed
absorber {fr-verb} :: to absorb
===absorption===
absorption {{fr-noun|f}} :: absorption
===abstraction===
abstraction {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstraction
===abstrus===
abstruse (adjective) :: feminine inflection of abstrus
===abuse===
abuser {fr-verb} :: to abuse (use improperly)
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: abuse
===abyssal===
abyssal {{fr-adj-al|abyss}} :: abyssal
===acacia===
acacia {{fr-noun|f}} :: acacia
===Accent===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (one's manner of speaking)
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (the symbol on a character)
===accept===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
===acceptable===
acceptable {fr-adj-mf} :: acceptable
===acceptation===
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: acceptation
===accepted===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
===access===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An access way.
===accessibility===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} Arrival or accessibility by water.
===accessible===
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a place, information, etc.}} accessible, attainable, obtainable, available.
===accident===
accident {{fr-noun|m}} :: accident
===acclamation===
acclamation {{fr-noun|f}} :: acclamation
===acclimatization===
acclimatation {{fr-noun|f}} :: acclimatization
===accolade===
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} accolade (knights)
===accommodation===
accommodation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accommodation
===according===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: {sciences} Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.
===accumulating===
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (action of accumulating)
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (result of accumulating)
===accumulation===
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (action of accumulating)
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (result of accumulating)
===accusation===
accusation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accusation
===ace===
ace {{fr-noun|m}} :: {tennis} ace
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (card of value 1).
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (expert or pilot)
===achieve===
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
===acid===
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
===acidification===
acidification {{fr-noun|f}} :: acidification.
===acquittal===
absolution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {legal} acquittal, absolution
===acre===
acre {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} acre
===across===
donner {fr-verb} :: {intransitive} To come across
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter I|passage=Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.}} :: --
Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world of which a crazy person ever conceived. :: --
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A laid out way allowing to go across something.
===act===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Action, act.
(Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going through a place or event.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going from a state to another.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of making something undergo a process.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: the act of handing something to someone.
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (act or process of dividing)
===action===
abjuration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {formal} The action of abjurer.
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: motive (for an action, for a crime)
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (action of accumulating)
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} The action of game leaving the forest to graze
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
===Action===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Action, act.
===activity===
hobby {{fr-noun|m|pl=hobbies}} (alternative plural hobbys) :: hobby (activity)
===acts===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
===ad===
pub {{fr-noun|f}} :: Television ad or advert.
===add===
dater {fr-verb} :: to date, to add a date onto something.
===added===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
===adding===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
===addition===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
===address===
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: A polite form of address for a woman.
===adept===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===Adjectival===
adjectival {{fr-adj|mp=adjectivaux}} :: Adjectival
===adjective===
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
===adulation===
adulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: adulation
===adult===
(Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: woman (female adult human being)
===Adverbial===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===advert===
pub {{fr-noun|f}} :: Television ad or advert.
===affectionately===
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
===affordable===
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a price}} affordable
===after===
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of object placed one after the other.
===After===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===again===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
===aged===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
===agent===
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (undercover agent)
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===agree===
accorder {fr-verb} :: {grammar} To make agree
===agreement===
accord {{fr-noun|m}} :: agreement
===ai===
g :: {{context|texting|_|slang}} =j'ai
===AI===
IA {f} :: (intelligence artificielle) AI
IA {f} :: (insémination artificielle) AI
===aim===
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: aim
===air===
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (gases of the atmosphere)
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (pretension)
meeting {{fr-noun|m}} :: meeting, meet
un meeting aérien :: an air show
===airplane===
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
===alas===
(Old French) las ! (interjection) :: alas
===Alberta===
Alberta {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Alberta
===Alburnus===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===alcohol===
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===Alençon===
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
===alien===
(Old French) alien {m} (adjective) :: alien; foreign; non-native
(Old French) alien {{fro-noun|m}} :: alien (a non-native)
===alive===
animé :: alive
===alley===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
===alleyway===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
===alligator===
alligator {{fr-noun|m}} :: alligator (animal)
===allowing===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A laid out way allowing to go across something.
===alongside===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
===alpha===
alpha {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: alpha (Greek letter)
===alphabet===
alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet {{gloss-stub|French}}
v {{fr-letter|upper=V|lower=v}} :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter I|passage=Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.}} :: --
Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself. :: --
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X (letter of the Latin alphabet)
===alphabetically===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
===already===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===also===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel.
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: cashew tree; also, its fruit
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: mahogany tree; also, its timber
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===Also===
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
===alternative===
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
===altitude===
altitude {{fr-noun|f}} :: altitude
===America===
Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador (country in Central America)
===American===
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: (less common) American football
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
===ami===
faux-ami {{fr-noun|m|sg=faux-ami}} :: Faux ami, false friend.
===amie===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===amoral===
amoral {{fr-adj|mp=amoraux}} :: amoral
===amount===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===An===
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {uncommon} An aberration or anomaly.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {astronomy} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {optics} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} An aberration or mutation.
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
are {{fr-noun|m}} :: An are.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An imprinted box on a page.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An executive.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {military} An abatis.
bog {{fr-noun|m}} :: {ecology} An ombrotrophic peatland.
incorrigible {{fr-noun|m}} :: An incorrigible
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An unusual or eccentric person
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An original manuscript
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An access way.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
===anatomy===
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: face (anatomy)
===andante===
andante {fr-adv} :: {music} andante
andante {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} andante
===Andorran===
Andorran {{fr-noun|m|f=Andorrane}} :: Andorran
===angel===
(Old French) angle {{fro-noun|m}} :: angel (biblical being)
===angiosperm===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. :: --
Orchids are sought-after flowers. :: --
===anglais===
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
===angle===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} A geometric angle.
La mesure d'un angle droit est égale à 90 degrés. :: --
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A viewpoint or angle.
===anglicism===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
===animal===
animal {{fr-noun|m|pl=animaux}} :: animal
(Middle French) animal {{frm-noun|m|pl=animaux|pl2=animaulx}} :: animal
(Middle French) chien {{frm-noun|m}} :: dog (animal)
(Old French) chien {{fro-noun|m}} :: dog (animal)
(Middle French) elephant {{frm-noun|m|pl=elephans}} :: elephant (animal)
animal {{fr-adj-al|anim}} :: animal
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: bear (animal)
(Old French) rat {{fro-noun|m}} :: rat (animal)
alligator {{fr-noun|m}} :: alligator (animal)
(Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|s|f=chatte}} :: cat (animal)
(Old French) chat {{fro-noun|m}} :: cat (animal)
===animals===
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A watering hole or place for animals.
===animated===
animé :: animated
===animé===
animé {{fr-noun|m}} :: animé ({{alternative spelling of|anime}})
===annotation===
annotation {{fr-noun|f}} :: annotation
===annoying===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===Annoying===
plate {fr-adj-mf} :: {{Canada|informal}} Annoyingly boring.
{{quote-book|year=1999|author=Chrystine Brouillet|title=Les Fiancées de l'Enfer|isbn=2-89021-363-3| page=204| passage="On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles." — We're going to sound like those people who tell they frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.}} :: --
===anomalous===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: Aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
===anomaly===
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {uncommon} An aberration or anomaly.
===another===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going from a state to another.
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {figuratively} A kind favor given by one person to another.
Il m’a fait une fleur. :: --
He gave me a kind favor. :: --
second {fr-adj} :: second
« Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve (...) s'avança vers Agostin. (Gautier, Fracasse, 1863) :: --
une seconde possibilité :: a second possibility, another possibility
===Anthophila===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===any===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} any emperor of Japan
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: any person to which one is related
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===anything===
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===aperture===
jour {{fr-noun|m}} :: aperture
===Apis===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===Apoidea===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===apostatise===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {religion} To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
===apostrophe===
apostrophe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {orthography} apostrophe
apostrophe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rhetoric} apostrophe
===appearance===
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: appearance
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: appearance, physical aspect; expression
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
===Appendix===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
===apple===
pomme {{fr-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
(Old French) pomme {{fro-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===apples===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===approachable===
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a person}} approachable
===apt===
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
===are===
are {{fr-noun|m}} :: An are.
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: to exist (there is/there are)
{{quote-book|year=c. 1200|author=Author unknown|title=Les quatres sohais Saint Martin|passage=Un vilain ot en Normendie|translation=There was a peasant in Normandy}} :: --
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===Are===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===area===
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: area, part, place, spot
« Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. » "I am the only robot around here." :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} The area on the board where such a move is possible.
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
===argument===
argument {{fr-noun|m}} :: argument
Quels que soient les arguments que vous avancez, je ne pourrai pas vous croire. :: --
===aria===
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: tune, aria
===arithmetic===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
===army===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {military} {uncountable} The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.
===around===
vers {fr-prep} :: around, circa (with a date)
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
===arrangement===
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical arrangement, spacing
===array===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} dictionary, an associative array
===arrival===
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical return; arrival
===Arrival===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} Arrival or accessibility by water.
===arrive===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
===arrogant===
arrogant {fr-adj} :: arrogant
===arsehole===
con {{fr-noun|m|feminine=conne}} :: {{context|derogatory|_|slang}} A stupid person; arsehole (British)
===art===
art {{fr-noun|m}} :: art (something pleasing to the mind)
===Artemisia===
absinthe {{fr-noun|f}} :: wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
===article===
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: article
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German. :: --
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine oblique singular indefinite article)
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine nominative plural indefinite article)
===articulation===
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: joint, articulation
===artificielle===
IA {f} :: (intelligence artificielle) AI
IA {f} :: (insémination artificielle) AI
===aspect===
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: appearance, physical aspect; expression
===assembly===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: assembly of horses for sale or racing
===asset===
avoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: asset, possession
===assistant===
second {{fr-noun|m}} :: assistant
Je m'attachai aux pas de miss Harriet et lui servis de second dans le classement du linge. (Gobineau, Pléiades, 1874) :: --
===association===
soccer {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {Quebec} soccer (association football)
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===associative===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} dictionary, an associative array
===astral===
astral {{fr-adj|mp=astraux}} :: astral
===Atlantic===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===atmosphere===
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (gases of the atmosphere)
===attached===
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
===attack===
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: lampoon (written attack)
===attainable===
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a place, information, etc.}} accessible, attainable, obtainable, available.
===attempting===
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
===attention===
attention {{fr-noun|f}} :: attention
===attibutive===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: peasant, pauper (attibutive)
===attorney===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {legal} power of attorney, proxy
===augment===
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: {grammar} augment
Augment syllabique, celui qui consiste dans l’addition d’une syllabe, comme ετυπτον etupton, je frappais, imparfait de τυπτω tuptó, je frappe. :: --
Augment temporel, celui qui consiste dans le changement d’une brève en longue, comme ωριζον ówrizon, je bornais, de οριζω orizó, je borne. :: --
===Australia===
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Australia)
===authority===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} To reject by oath someone's authority.
empire {{fr-noun|m}} :: influence, authority
===automobiles===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
===aux===
FAQ {{fr-noun-inv|f}} :: FAQ (foire aux questions)
===auxiliary===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===available===
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a place, information, etc.}} accessible, attainable, obtainable, available.
===avatar===
avatar {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{religion|hinduism}} avatar
avatar {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} avatar
===avenue===
avenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: avenue
===avez===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===avoid===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===award===
accorder {fr-verb} :: {sport} To award (a freek kick)
===away===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
tout de suite {{fr-adv|sg=tout de suite}} :: {idiomatic} immediately, right away
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===axis===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
===axle===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: axle
===B===
o (abbreviation) :: {computing} octet (B (byte))
===baby===
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: baby, darling, sweetheart
===back===
rein {{fr-noun|m}} :: {in the plural} small of the back, waist
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===backbone===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The backbone of an organization.
===bad===
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
mal (adjective) :: {{context|in set phrases and limited constructions}} bad
bon an, mal an :: --
bon gré, mal gré :: --
Il est mal de [infinitive] :: --
C'est mal de [infinitive] :: --
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} meat (usually of bad quality)
===badge===
badger {fr-verb} :: to use an identity badge
Avant de quitter la pièce, il ne faudra pas oublier de badger. :: --
===badly===
mal {fr-adv} :: badly
C'est mal fait. (“It's done badly.”) :: --
(Old French) mal (adverb) :: badly; poorly
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
===baguette===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
===Bahamas===
Bahamas {fr-proper noun} {f|p} :: Bahamas
===baked===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===balance===
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{chemistry|physics}} balance
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{economics|electricity|politics}} balance
===ball===
bal {{fr-noun|m}} :: dance party, ball.
===banana===
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: A banana tree, the abaca
===band===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===bang===
nickel {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {slang} perfect, bang on
===Bangladesh===
Bangladesh {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Bangladesh
===Barcelona===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===bare===
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|body, tree}} bare
===Barère===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
===baron===
baron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {dated} baron, lord, noble landowner
(Old French) baron {{fro-noun|m|barons|ber|baron}} :: lord, baron (title of nobility)
===base===
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part of something)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (safe place)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base, basis (fundamental belief)
===basic===
v {{fr-letter|upper=V|lower=v}} :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter I|passage=Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.}} :: --
Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself. :: --
===basis===
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base, basis (fundamental belief)
===basket===
van {{fr-noun|m}} :: a winnowing basket
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: basket
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===basketball===
basket {{fr-noun|m|pl=basket}} :: basketball
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal scored in basketball
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: basketball hoop
===battle===
duel {{fr-noun|m}} :: dual (battle)
===bay===
bai {fr-adj} :: bay
===beam===
age {{fr-noun|m}} :: beam
===bear===
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: bear (animal)
(Middle French) ours {{frm-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: bear (mammal)
===beaten===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===beautiful===
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===became===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===because===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===become===
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
===bed===
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
(Old French) lit {{fro-noun|m|liz|liz}} :: bed
===bee===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===beech===
en {fr-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
===beef===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|butchery}} A beef cut.
===been===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
dupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: A person who has been deceived, see dupe.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
===beer===
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: light beer
===bees===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===beeswax===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===before===
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
===beige===
beige {fr-adj-mf} :: beige
===bel===
bel {{fr-noun|m}} :: bel
===belch===
rot {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} belch, burp
===bele===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===Belgium===
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
===belief===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {religion} To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
===Belize===
Belize {fr-proper noun} :: Belize
===belonging===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===Bertrand===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
===best===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {figuratively} The best of something.
Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française. :: --
Here's the cream of the crop of French youth. :: --
Mourir à la fleur de l’âge. :: --
to die in the prime of life :: --
===between===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===bi===
bi {{fr-noun|mf}} :: bi, bisexual person
bi (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: bi, bisexual
===bible===
bible {{fr-noun|f}} :: bible (comprehensive text)
===biblical===
(Old French) angle {{fro-noun|m}} :: angel (biblical being)
===bicycle===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: frame (of a bicycle)
===big===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===bigger===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
===bill===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US)
===billion===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
===biography===
bio {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} biography
===biological===
bio {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {colloquial} biological
===biologie===
bio {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} biologie
===bird===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{cooking|plurale tantum}} The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
===bisexual===
bi {{fr-noun|mf}} :: bi, bisexual person
bi (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: bi, bisexual
===bit===
bit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} bit
(Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: piece, bit, part
(Old French) piece {{fro-noun|f}} :: piece, bit, part
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Que del hiaume une piece tranche. :: --
It cuts a piece off his helmet :: --
bribe {{fr-noun|f}} :: scrap, bit
===bits===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===black===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
===blade===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: edge (of blade, razor etc.)
===blanc===
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===Blanches===
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
===bleak===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
===block===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: a block (of ice)
===bloes===
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
===blond===
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: {by extension} blond(e) color
===blonde===
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: blonde, female with blonde hair
===blood===
sang {{fr-noun|m}} :: blood
(Middle French) sang {{frm-noun|m}} :: blood
===bloom===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===blossom===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===blue===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {colloquial} erotic, blue
===blunder===
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
===board===
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} The area on the board where such a move is possible.
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
===boardgame===
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: square (on boardgame)
===boat===
plate {{fr-noun|f}} :: Very small flat boat.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A trip or travel, especially by boat.
===body===
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} moving body
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
===bollard===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
===bombasine===
basin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|textiles|historical}} bombasine
===Bombay===
Bombay {fr-proper noun} :: Mumbai, Bombay
===bone===
os {{fr-noun|m|pl=os}} :: bone
os {{fr-noun|m|pl=os}} :: bones
(Old French) os {{fro-noun|m|os|os}} :: bone
===book===
livre {{fr-noun|m}} :: book
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===booklet===
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Quebec} pamphlet (small booklet)
===books===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===boomerang===
boomerang {{fr-noun|m|plural=boomerangs}} :: boomerang
===Bordeaux===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===border===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial or geographical border.
===boring===
plate {fr-adj-mf} :: {{Canada|informal}} Annoyingly boring.
{{quote-book|year=1999|author=Chrystine Brouillet|title=Les Fiancées de l'Enfer|isbn=2-89021-363-3| page=204| passage="On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles." — We're going to sound like those people who tell they frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.}} :: --
===boron===
bore {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: boron
===borrowed===
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
===botch===
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up
===Botswana===
Botswana {fr-proper noun} :: Botswana
===boulevard===
boulevard {{fr-noun|m}} :: boulevard
===boundary===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial boundary marker.
===bourgeois===
bourgeois {{fr-adj|mp=bourgeois}} :: bourgeois
bourgeois {{fr-noun|m|plural=bourgeois|f=bourgeoise}} :: bourgeois
===bovine===
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
===bowl===
bol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A bowl
===box===
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: box (on form)
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An imprinted box on a page.
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: stall (for a horse), loose box
===br===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===brace===
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: curly bracket (brace)
===bracket===
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: curly bracket (brace)
===braid===
natter {fr-verb} :: to plait; to braid
===bran===
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
===brand===
neuf {{fr-adj|f=neuve}} :: brand new, very new
===brandy===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: pear brandy
===brassiere===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
===brat===
marmot {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} kid, brat
===brave===
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: brave; valiant
===bread===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: bread
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: piece of bread
(Old French) pain {{fro-noun|m}} :: bread
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
bribe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {obsolete} crumb (of bread)
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
===break===
break {{fr-noun|m}} :: break (pause, holiday)
C’est l’heure de faire un break. :: --
===breast===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
===bred===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===breed===
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: {zoology} breed
===bride===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===bridge===
bridge {{fr-noun|m}} :: {card games} bridge
===brief===
(Old French) brief {m} (adjective), feminine: brieve :: brief; short in length
===brig===
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
===bright===
vif {{fr-adj|f=vive}} :: vivid, bright
===brisk===
vif {{fr-adj|f=vive}} :: lively, brisk
===British===
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
===broad===
ypréau {{fr-noun|m|plural=ypréaux}} :: broad-leaved elm
===broadcasting===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===broker===
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===bronze===
bronze {{fr-noun|m}} :: bronze (metal, work of art)
===brush===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
===bud===
bouton {{fr-noun|m}} :: {botany} bud
===bug===
bug {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A bug (a problem, especially in computing)
===building===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===bulb===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
===bulldozer===
bull {{fr-noun|m}} :: {construction} bulldozer
===Burkina===
Burkina Faso {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burkina Faso
===burp===
rot {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} belch, burp
===burrowing===
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (burrowing mammal)
===Burundi===
Burundi {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burundi (country)
===bus===
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
===businessman===
businessman {{fr-noun|m|plural=businessmen}} :: businessman
homme d'affaires (noun) :: a businessman
===but===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===button===
bouton {{fr-noun|m}} :: button
===byte===
o (abbreviation) :: {computing} octet (B (byte))
===c===
ç {{fr-letter|upper=Ç|lower=ç}} :: "c cédille"
===C===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===cabin===
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: hut, cabin, shack
===cake===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===calf===
robin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{obsolete| lang=fr}} sheep, calf
===called===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel.
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===came===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===campaign===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Campaign.
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
===Campaign===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Campaign.
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
===camper===
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
===can===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
===Canada===
Canada {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Canada
===Canadian===
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Canada} Canadian football
===Canadiens===
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
===canal===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: canal
===cannabis===
shit {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {slang} hash (cannabis)
===capable===
absorbable {fr-adj-mf} :: capable of being absorbed
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===capital===
capital {{fr-noun|m|plural=capitaux}} :: capital (money and wealth)
capital {{fr-adj|mp=capitaux}} :: capital (important)
La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980. :: --
Monaco {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Monaco (capital)
Madrid {fr-proper noun} :: Madrid, Spanish capital city and province
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===capitalisation===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
===capture===
capture {{fr-noun|f}} :: capture
===car===
break {{fr-noun|mf}} :: estate car, station wagon
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: garage, lock-up (for a car)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (car)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
===carabine===
rifle {{fr-noun|m}} :: rifle (carabine)
===carbon===
coke {{fr-noun|m}} :: coke (form of carbon)
===card===
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (card of value 1).
===cardinal===
cardinal {{fr-adj|mp=cardinaux}} :: {mathematics} cardinal
cardinal {{fr-noun|m|pl=cardinaux}} :: {religion} cardinal
cardinal {m|inv} (noun) :: cardinal (color)
cardinal {{fr-noun|m|pl=cardinaux}} :: cardinal number
===careful===
attention {fr-intj} :: look out, be careful
===carminer===
carmine {fr-verb-form} :: a singular present imperfect form of carminer
===carnation===
carnation {f} (noun) :: The fleshy pinkish color carnation
===carriage===
boc {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Norman|_|dialect}} type of horse-drawn carriage
===carries===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===carry===
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
===carrying===
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
port {m} (noun) :: stature, way of carrying oneself
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===cars===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
===Carthusian===
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: a Carthusian monastery, a charterhouse
===case===
cause {{fr-noun|f}} :: case (a legal proceeding)
instrumental {{fr-noun|m|pl=instrumentaux}} :: {grammar} the instrumental case
===cashew===
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: cashew tree; also, its fruit
===cat===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: cat (feline)
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (male) cat, tom, tomcat
(Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|s|f=chatte}} :: cat (animal)
(Old French) chat {{fro-noun|m}} :: cat (animal)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (cat)
===Catalonian===
Catalan {{fr-noun|m|f=Catalane}} :: A Catalonian person.
===catching===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===cause===
cause {{fr-noun|f}} :: cause
===caused===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
===causeway===
boulevard {{fr-noun|m}} :: A causeway
===caution===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===CD===
CD {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: CD (compact disk)
===cédille===
ç {{fr-letter|upper=Ç|lower=ç}} :: "c cédille"
===celebrity===
people {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} A celebrity, a famous person.
2004, Emmanuel Davidenkoff and Didier Hassoux, Luc Ferry: une comédie du pouvoir, 2002–2004 (Luc Ferry: A Comedy of Power, 2002–2004), Hachette, ISBN 9782012357785, :: --
Le novice en politique contre le mammouth « Éducation nationale ». Ça mérite la sympathie. Et puis c’est un people. Les gens aiment et détestent à la fois. Ils sont fascinés. Le bonheur sur papier glacé. Les vacances entre Saint-Trop’, la Martinique et Deauville. :: --
The political novice against the mammoth "National Education". That merited sympathy. Then, too, he was a celebrity. People loved and hated at the same time. They were fascinated. Happiness on ice paper. Vacations between Saint-Tropez, Martinique, and Deauville. :: --
2008, Martine Delvaux, "L’égoïsme romantique de Frédéric Beigbeder" ("Frédéric Beigbeder's L’égoïsme romantique (Romantic Egotism)"), in Alain-Philippe Durand (editor), Frédéric Beigbeder et ses doubles (Frédéric Beigbeder and His Doubles), Rodopi, ISBN 978-90-420-2472-4, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xdq49c2vIfYC&pg=PA95&dq=people page 95]: :: --
Oscar Dufresne est un people anti-people, un macho impuissant, un intellectuel qui ne dit rien d’intelligent, un faux sadique et un faux masochiste, un anti-autobiographe. :: --
Oscar Dufresne is a celebrity who is anti-celebrity, a powerless macho man, an intellectual who says nothing intelligent, a fake sadist and a fake masochist, an anti-autobiographer. :: --
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
===center===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
===central===
central {{fr-adj|mp=centraux}} :: central
===Central===
Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador (country in Central America)
===century===
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
===certain===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (fixed, determined)
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (specified, particular)
certain {{fr-noun|m}} :: certain; certainty
(Old French) certain (adjective) :: certain; sure
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
former {fr-verb} :: to shape (to make into a certain shape)
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
===certainty===
certain {{fr-noun|m}} :: certain; certainty
===chair===
en {fr-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
===chamois===
chamois {{fr-noun|m|plural=chamois}} :: chamois
===champion===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===chance===
chance {{fr-noun|f}} :: chance
===channel===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===character===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (the symbol on a character)
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: glyph, rendering of a single character
===Character===
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {statistics} Character of what is aberrant.
===characteristic===
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
===charge===
gratuit {fr-adj} :: free of charge
===charged===
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===charlatan===
charlatan {{fr-noun|m|f=charlatane}} :: charlatan
===charterhouse===
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: a Carthusian monastery, a charterhouse
===chartreuse===
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: chartreuse (liqueur)
===chat===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Internet} chat (online discussion)
===cheating===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===check===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US)
===cheese===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===chief===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
===child===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{medicine|archaic}} The weaning of a child.
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: A child's vest.
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
(Old French) fil {{fro-noun|m|fiz|fiz|fil}} :: son (male child)
===children===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: tag, tig (children’s game)
===Chinese===
mandarin {fr-adj} :: mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
===chip===
pommes frites {f} (noun), :: french fries; chips
===chord===
accord {{fr-noun|m}} :: chord
===Christian===
Christian {fr-proper noun} {{IPA|/kʁis.tjɑ̃/}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian.
(Old French) Christian {{fro-proper noun|m}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian in Modern English
===chromosome===
chromosome {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|biology|cytology}} chromosome
===churches===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===circa===
vers {fr-prep} :: around, circa (with a date)
===Circulation===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} Circulation, traffic, movement.
===city===
port {m} (noun) :: port, harbour city
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (city)
Madrid {fr-proper noun} :: Madrid, Spanish capital city and province
===City===
Mexico {fr-proper noun} :: Mexico City
===civil===
civil {fr-adj} :: civil (war, marriage etc.)
civil {fr-adj} :: {literary} civil, courteous, polite
===civilian===
civil {fr-adj} :: civilian
civil {{fr-noun|m}} :: civilian
===civilization===
civilisation {{fr-noun|f}} :: civilization
===claim===
(Middle French) protester (verb) :: to claim
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=Lucillius, lequel protestoit n'escrire que a ses Tarentins & Consentinois|translation=}} :: --
===class===
bourgeois {{fr-noun|m|plural=bourgeois|f=bourgeoise}} :: member of the middle class
===clause===
infinitive {f} (noun) :: infinitive clause (=proposition infinitive)
===clear===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
===clearer===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
===cleft===
bien fendu (adjective) :: {idiomatic} well cleft, (or long-legged)
===cliché===
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: cliché
Le type du cliché, c'est le proverbe, immuable et raide; le lieu commun prend autant de formes qu'il y a de combinaisons possibles dans une langue pour énoncer une sottise ou une incontestable vérité. :: --
En stylistique, on appelle cliché toute expression qui se trouve banalisée par l'emploi trop courant qui en a déjà été fait (l'aurore aux doigts de rose, l'astre des nuits). :: --
===click===
clapper {fr-verb} :: to click (the tongue)
===clore===
close {fr-verb-form} :: first- and third-person singular subjunctive present of clore
===clos===
close {fr-verb-form} :: feminine of clos
===close===
zipper {fr-verb} :: {Quebec} to zip up (close using a zip)
===clothing===
(Old French) abit {{fro-noun|m|abiz|abiz}} :: item of clothing
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
===club===
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
putter {{fr-noun|m}} :: putter (golf club)
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===clue===
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: clue, indication
===coach===
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
===coat===
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
===cocaine===
coke {{fr-noun|f}} :: coke (slang: cocaine)
===cock===
chien {{fr-noun|m|s|chienne}} :: cock, hammer (of a firearm)
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
===cognate===
Jordan {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to English Jordan.
Victoria {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}}, cognate to Victoria.
Christian {fr-proper noun} {{IPA|/kʁis.tjɑ̃/}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian.
(Old French) Christian {{fro-proper noun|m}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian in Modern English
===coin===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} sou, the feudal era coin.
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: head (of a coin)
===coke===
coke {{fr-noun|m}} :: coke (form of carbon)
coke {{fr-noun|f}} :: coke (slang: cocaine)
===cold===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
===collect===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===collectively===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===collects===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===colonie===
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
===colonist===
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: colonist, colonizer
===colonizer===
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: colonist, colonizer
===color===
(Old French) color {{fro-noun|f}} :: color, colour
couleur {{fr-noun|f}} :: color, colour
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
orange {{fr-noun|m}} :: orange (color)
(Middle French) or {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: gold (color)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: gold (color)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: {by extension} blond(e) color
cyan {{fr-noun|m}} :: cyan (color)
carnation {f} (noun) :: The fleshy pinkish color carnation
(Old French) vert {m|f} (adjective) :: green, of a green color
cardinal {m|inv} (noun) :: cardinal (color)
===colored===
turquoise (invariable) :: turquoise-colored.
===coloring===
pigment {{fr-noun|m}} :: pigment, coloring substance
===colors===
nuance {{fr-noun|f}} :: gradation of colors
===colour===
(Old French) color {{fro-noun|f}} :: color, colour
couleur {{fr-noun|f}} :: color, colour
violet (noun) :: purple (colour)
turquoise {{fr-noun|m}} :: turquoise (colour)
===combination===
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duo (combination of two things)
===come===
donner {fr-verb} :: {intransitive} To come across
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Chapter I|passage=Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.}} :: --
Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world of which a crazy person ever conceived. :: --
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
===comes===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===Commission===
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===Committee===
KGB (proper noun), m :: KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
===commodity===
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: a commodity, a good
===common===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: (less common) American football
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===commonly===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
===communicating===
(Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: language (style of communicating)
(Old French) language {{fro-noun|f}} :: language (style of communicating)
===communication===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
===compact===
CD {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: CD (compact disk)
===compartment===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: compartment, cubicle
===complete===
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} complete neglect
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=tant a cause des amphibologies, equivocques, & obscuritez des motz, que de la briefveté des sentences|translation=}} :: --
===components===
duel {{fr-adj|f=duelle}} :: dual (having two components)
===composition===
en {fr-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
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duet (a musical composition for two performers)
===compound===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===compounds===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===comprehensive===
bible {{fr-noun|f}} :: bible (comprehensive text)
===compute===
computer {fr-verb} :: {{context|old}} to compute
===computing===
bug {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A bug (a problem, especially in computing)
===concept===
(Old French) chose {{fro-noun|f}} :: thing (miscellaneous object or concept)
===concerning===
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
===condition===
condition {{fr-noun|f}} :: condition
en bonne condition :: In good condition
===cone===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===confide===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
===Congo===
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
===connoisseur===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
===considered===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
===consists===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===console===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: console, control panel
===constitution===
constitution {{fr-noun|f}} :: constitution
===container===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
tank {{fr-noun|m}} :: tank (container)
===containing===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: fruitcake (containing rum).
vacuum {{fr-noun|m}} :: vacuum (space containing no matter)
===contempt===
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
abjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {literary} Something that is worthy of utter contempt.
===content===
content {fr-adj} :: content, satisfied, pleased
===continent===
continent {{fr-noun|m}} :: continent
===contraction===
(Old French) el (contraction) :: contraction of en + le (in the)
(Old French) al (contraction) :: contraction of a + le (to the)
(Old French) del (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the).
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German. :: --
(Old French) du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
===control===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: console, control panel
===cool===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
cool {fr-intj} :: cool! great!
===cord===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
===core===
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} the core of a nuclear reactor
===cork===
liège {{fr-noun|m}} :: cork (substance)
===corn===
cor {{fr-noun|m}} :: corn (of the foot)
quarter {{fr-noun|m}} :: quarter (old measure of corn)
===corner===
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: corner
L'église fait le coin. The church is just on the corner. :: --
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
===cornerpiece===
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: wedge, cornerpiece
===cornet===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cornet, a wind instrument
===cornetist===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} cornetist, the instrument's player
===corporate===
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
===correct===
correct {fr-adj} :: correct
===corresponding===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===corrupt===
laid {fr-adj} :: morally corrupt
===Costa===
Costa Rica {f} (proper noun) :: Costa Rica
===couch===
sofa {{fr-noun|m}} :: couch; sofa
===could===
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. :: --
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===country===
country {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: country music
France {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: France (country)
(Middle French) France {f} (proper noun) :: France (country of the Europe)
(Old French) France {{fro-proper noun|f}} :: France (country)
Burundi {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burundi (country)
Cuba {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Cuba (country)
Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador (country in Central America)
===courage===
courage {{fr-noun|m}} :: courage
===course===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|knitting}} A knitting course.
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: of course, obviously
===court===
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: squash court
La ville a construit trois squashs municipaux. :: --
===courteous===
civil {fr-adj} :: {literary} civil, courteous, polite
===cousin===
cousin {{fr-noun|m|f=cousine}} :: cousin (male)
===cover===
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
===crane===
cousin {{fr-noun|m}} :: crane fly
===creature===
être {{fr-noun|m}} :: being, creature
===crime===
crime {{fr-noun|m}} :: crime
Le crime ne paie pas. :: --
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: motive (for an action, for a crime)
===criminals===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
===cross===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark
dépasser les bornes :: cross the mark
===crosses===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
===cruel===
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: cruel
===crumb===
bribe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {obsolete} crumb (of bread)
===cry===
(Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: cry; shout
===Cuba===
Cuba {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Cuba (country)
===cube===
cube {{fr-noun|m}} :: cube
===cubicle===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: compartment, cubicle
===culinary===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
===culpa===
mea culpa (interjection) :: mea culpa
===cultivation===
labour {{fr-noun|m}} :: cultivation
===cunt===
con {{fr-noun|m|feminine=conne}} :: {{context|taboo|_|slang}} cunt
(Old French) con {{fro-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} cunt (human female genitalia)
===curly===
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: curly bracket (brace)
===currency===
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of currency)
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
won {{fr-noun|m}} :: won (unit of currency)
mark {{fr-noun|m}} :: mark (currency)
===Curt===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Curt and abrupt.
===custom===
(Old French) us {{fro-noun|m|us|us|us}} :: tradition or custom
===customs===
us {m|p} (noun) :: {plurale tantum} customs; traditions
===cut===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|butchery}} A beef cut.
===cutting===
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
===cyan===
cyan {{fr-noun|m}} :: cyan (color)
===cycle===
cycle {{fr-noun|m}} :: cycle
===Cyprinidae===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===d===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===damsel===
damoiselle {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} damsel
===dance===
bal {{fr-noun|m}} :: dance party, ball.
(Middle French) dancer (verb) :: to dance
(Old French) dancer (verb) :: to dance
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Puceles carolent et dancent :: --
Young maidens, singing and dancing :: --
jerk {{fr-noun|m}} :: jerk (dance)
===danger===
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: danger
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
===darling===
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: baby, darling, sweetheart
===darmstadtium===
darmstadtium {{fr-noun|m}} :: darmstadtium
===date===
date {{fr-noun|f}}{{subst:fr verb form|dater}} :: date (point in time)
(Old French) date {{fro-noun|f}} :: date (fruit)
dater {fr-verb} :: to date, to add a date onto something.
vers {fr-prep} :: around, circa (with a date)
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===datum===
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {countable} piece of information; datum
Cette information nous est parvenue hier soir. :: --
===day===
jour {{fr-noun|m}} :: day
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The dawn of the day was beginning to break when Don Quixote left the inn, so content, so glorious, so full of ravishment of seeing himself armed a knight, that his joy made him tremble all the way to the girths of his horse. :: --
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
jeudi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Thursday (day of the week).
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===daylight===
jour {{fr-noun|m}} :: daylight, light
===days===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
===de===
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
(Old French) del (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the).
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German. :: --
(Old French) du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
de facto {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: de facto
de facto {{fr-adv|inv=yes}} :: de facto
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===deceit===
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: deception; deceit
===deceived===
dupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: A person who has been deceived, see dupe.
===deception===
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: deception; deceit
===decoration===
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: mobile (decoration)
===deep===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
===defeat===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
===defect===
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: defect, vice, flaw
===deficiency===
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} deficiency
===definition===
(Middle French) definition {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: definition {{stub-gloss|frm}}
===definitions===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
===deflower===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===deliver===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
===delta===
delta {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: delta (Greek letter)
delta {{fr-noun|m}} :: delta (geographical feature)
===Democratic===
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
===deoxyribonucleic===
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
===des===
URSS (abbreviation) {f} :: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===desarme===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
===descent===
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: noble; of noble descent
===describe===
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
en {fr-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
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
===describing===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} by, in (describing a way of getting something)
===desire===
(Old French) talent {{fro-noun|m|talenz|talenz}} :: desire; wish (to do something)
===desk===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: pupil's desk, school desk
===despicable===
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
===detailed===
menu {{fr-noun|m}} :: detailed list
===determined===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (fixed, determined)
===determining===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===diagram===
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
===dialogue===
dialogue {{fr-noun|m}} :: dialogue
===dice===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
===dick===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===dictionary===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} dictionary, an associative array
(Middle French) dictionnaire {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: dictionary
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: one of the various listed meanings of a word in a dictionary
===difference===
(Old French) difference {{fro-noun|f}} :: difference
===difficulty===
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: trouble, difficulty
J'ai du mal à m'imaginer celà. (“I have trouble imagining that.”) :: --
===digamma===
digamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: digamma (Greek letter)
===digestion===
digestion {{fr-noun|f}} :: digestion
===digital===
digital {{fr-adj|mp=digitaux}} :: digital
===dimension===
dimension {{fr-noun|f}} :: dimension
===dirty===
sale {fr-adj-mf} :: dirty
===discrete===
distinct {fr-adj} :: discrete
===discussion===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Internet} chat (online discussion)
===disguise===
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
===disgust===
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{chiefly|religion}} Revulsion, abomination, disgust.
===disjoined===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===disk===
CD {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: CD (compact disk)
===distance===
distance {{fr-noun|f}} :: distance
===distinct===
distinct {fr-adj} :: distinct
===distress===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
===distribution===
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A distribution
===dividing===
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (act or process of dividing)
===division===
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (act or process of dividing)
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: {arithmetic} division
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: {military} division
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (subsection)
===Djibouti===
Djibouti {fr-proper noun} :: Djibouti
===DNA===
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
===do===
do {{fr-noun|m}} :: do, the musical note
(Old French) talent {{fro-noun|m|talenz|talenz}} :: desire; wish (to do something)
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
===Do===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
===doctrine===
doctrine {{fr-noun|f}} :: doctrine
===does===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===Does===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===doesn===
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===dog===
chien {{fr-noun|m|s|chienne}} :: dog
(Middle French) chien {{frm-noun|m}} :: dog (animal)
(Old French) chien {{fro-noun|m}} :: dog (animal)
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===dojo===
dojo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {martial arts} dojo
===Dollar===
dollar {{fr-noun|m}} :: Dollar
===dollars===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
===domesticate===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===domesticated===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===donate===
donner {fr-verb} :: To donate
===done===
-able (suffix), plural: -ables :: able to be done (similar to English, above)
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
===Done===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===door===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The frame of a door or picture.
===draw===
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
===drawn===
boc {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Norman|_|dialect}} type of horse-drawn carriage
===dream===
rêve {{fr-noun|m}} :: dream
rêver {fr-verb} :: To dream.
===dregs===
lie {{fr-noun|f}} :: dregs (of wine, of society)
===dress===
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
grande parure {{fr-noun|f|head=grande parure|pl=grandes parures}} :: full dress
===drill===
drill {{fr-noun|m}} :: drill (tool)
===drink===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===drinking===
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|proscribed}} A drinking fountain.
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===drive===
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {mechanics} drive shaft
river {fr-verb} :: to drive/set a rivet
===drop===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {fishing} drop-net
===dropper===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
===drunk===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
===du===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===dual===
duel {{fr-adj|f=duelle}} :: dual (having two components)
duel {{fr-noun|m}} :: dual (battle)
duel {{fr-noun|m}} :: {grammar} dual
===Dual===
trail {{fr-noun|f}} :: Dual-sport motorcycle
===dubbed===
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
===Ducat===
ducat {{fr-noun|m}} :: Ducat
===Duchy===
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (Grand Duchy)
===duck===
cane {{fr-noun|f}} :: duck (female duck)
===ductile===
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===duet===
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duet (a musical composition for two performers)
===duo===
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duo (combination of two things)
===dupe===
dupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: A person who has been deceived, see dupe.
===duration===
(Old French) long {m} (adjective) :: long (length, duration)
===during===
en {fr-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
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
===DVD===
DVD {{fr-noun|m}} :: {initialism} DVD
===e===
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: {by extension} blond(e) color
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===eagle===
eagle {{fr-noun|m}} :: {golf} eagle
===earnings===
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually in plural}} winnings, earnings, takings
===earth===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: soil, earth
===ECB===
BCE {fr-proper noun} :: ECB
===eccentric===
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An unusual or eccentric person
===eclipse===
(Old French) eclipse {{fro-noun|m}} :: eclipse
===ed===
absorbable {fr-adj-mf} :: capable of being absorbed
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: Which is repeated four times.
Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple. :: --
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
===edge===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: edge (of blade, razor etc.)
===educate===
former {fr-verb} :: to train; to educate
===effect===
(Middle French) effect {{frm-noun|m}} :: effect
===egg===
jaune {{fr-noun|m}} :: yolk (of egg)
===eight===
{{cardinalbox|fr|7|8|9|sept|neuf|ord=huitième|wplink=Huit}}huit (cardinal number) :: eight
===eighty===
quatre-vingts {{fr-noun-inv|m|head=quatre vingts}} :: eighty, 80.
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===either===
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
===El===
El Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador
Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador (country in Central America)
===element===
about {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|technical}} The extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece.
===elements===
quadruplet {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
===elephant===
(Middle French) elephant {{frm-noun|m|pl=elephans}} :: elephant (animal)
===eleven===
{{cardinalbox|fr|10|11|12|dix|douze|ord=onzième|wplink=Onze}}onze (cardinal number) :: eleven
===elm===
ypréau {{fr-noun|m|plural=ypréaux}} :: broad-leaved elm
===else===
donner {fr-verb} :: To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: Something that is equal to four times something else.
Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale. :: --
===embrace===
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: embrace
===emperor===
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} any emperor of Japan
===empire===
empire {{fr-noun|m}} :: empire
mandarin {fr-adj} :: mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
===En===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===encounter===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
===ending===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===ends===
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
===enemy===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
===engaged===
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
===England===
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
===English===
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
anglais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: English language
Il parle anglais :: He speaks English
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
Jordan {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to English Jordan.
-able (suffix), plural: -ables :: able to be done (similar to English, above)
slang {{fr-noun|m}} :: English slang
Twain fut un des premiers auteurs provenant des terres intérieures des États-Unis qui a su capturer la distinction, le slang comique et l'iconoclasme de sa nation. :: --
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
(Old French) Christian {{fro-proper noun|m}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian in Modern English
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
===Enough===
baste pour cela :: Enough of that, all well and good, so be it.
===enquiry===
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
===envelope===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===epsilon===
epsilon {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: epsilon (Greek letter)
===equal===
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: Something that is equal to four times something else.
Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale. :: --
===equine===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===era===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} sou, the feudal era coin.
===ermine===
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===erotic===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {colloquial} erotic, blue
===es===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
===especially===
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rare} A washing, especially ritual.
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{cooking|plurale tantum}} The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
bug {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A bug (a problem, especially in computing)
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A trip or travel, especially by boat.
===Est===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===estate===
break {{fr-noun|mf}} :: estate car, station wagon
===estates===
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. :: --
===estimation===
opinion {{fr-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
(Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
===et===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
===euro===
euro {{fr-noun|m}} :: euro (currency)
===Europa===
Europe {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Europa, a moon of Jupiter
===Europe===
Europe {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Europe
(Middle French) France {f} (proper noun) :: France (country of the Europe)
===EV===
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
===evening===
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===event===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going through a place or event.
===everything===
tout (pronoun) :: everything
===evil===
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: evil
(Old French) mal {{fro-noun|m|maus|maus|mal}} :: evil
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: good as opposed to evil
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: good (as opposed to evil)
===evilly===
(Old French) mal (adverb) :: evilly
===excavation===
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: mine (excavation or explosive)
===Exceedingly===
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
===exchange===
change {{fr-noun|m}} :: exchange
===execute===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
===executive===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An executive.
===exist===
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: to exist (there is/there are)
{{quote-book|year=c. 1200|author=Author unknown|title=Les quatres sohais Saint Martin|passage=Un vilain ot en Normendie|translation=There was a peasant in Normandy}} :: --
===existence===
existence {{fr-noun|f}} :: existence
===expert===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (expert or pilot)
===explore===
explorer {fr-verb} :: to explore
(Middle French) explorer (verb) :: to explore
===explosive===
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: mine (excavation or explosive)
===exposed===
exposé {fr-adj} :: exposed
===express===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===expresses===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===expression===
expression {{fr-noun|f}} :: expression
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: appearance, physical aspect; expression
===extract===
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
===extreme===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
===Extremely===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Extremely steep, near vertical.
===extremity===
about {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|technical}} The extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece.
===eye===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye (of a needle), plural œils
(Middle French) œil {{frm-noun|m|pl=yeulx}} :: {{anatomy|skey=oeil}} eye
===fa===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===fable===
fable {{fr-noun|f}} :: fable, story
(Old French) fable {{fro-noun|f}} :: fable, story
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la lections d'ypocrisie et d'umilité|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Ne vos wel faire longue fable|translation=I don't want to tell you a long story}} :: --
===fabric===
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===face===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: face (anatomy)
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: face (geometry)
ride {{fr-noun|f}} :: wrinkle, line (on face etc.)
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
===facelift===
lifting {{fr-noun|m}} :: facelift
===fact===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
===facto===
de facto {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: de facto
de facto {{fr-adv|inv=yes}} :: de facto
===failure===
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
===faire===
fit {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative past historic of faire
===fake===
pseudo- (prefix) :: pseudo-
pseudo-langue :: fake language
===fall===
choir {{fr-verb|type=defective}} (past participle chu) :: {archaic} to fall
(Old French) chair (verb) :: to fall
===false===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
faux-ami {{fr-noun|m|sg=faux-ami}} :: Faux ami, false friend.
phrase {{fr-noun|f}} :: (false friend) sentence
===famine===
famine {{fr-noun|f}} :: famine
===famous===
people {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} A celebrity, a famous person.
2004, Emmanuel Davidenkoff and Didier Hassoux, Luc Ferry: une comédie du pouvoir, 2002–2004 (Luc Ferry: A Comedy of Power, 2002–2004), Hachette, ISBN 9782012357785, :: --
Le novice en politique contre le mammouth « Éducation nationale ». Ça mérite la sympathie. Et puis c’est un people. Les gens aiment et détestent à la fois. Ils sont fascinés. Le bonheur sur papier glacé. Les vacances entre Saint-Trop’, la Martinique et Deauville. :: --
The political novice against the mammoth "National Education". That merited sympathy. Then, too, he was a celebrity. People loved and hated at the same time. They were fascinated. Happiness on ice paper. Vacations between Saint-Tropez, Martinique, and Deauville. :: --
2008, Martine Delvaux, "L’égoïsme romantique de Frédéric Beigbeder" ("Frédéric Beigbeder's L’égoïsme romantique (Romantic Egotism)"), in Alain-Philippe Durand (editor), Frédéric Beigbeder et ses doubles (Frédéric Beigbeder and His Doubles), Rodopi, ISBN 978-90-420-2472-4, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xdq49c2vIfYC&pg=PA95&dq=people page 95]: :: --
Oscar Dufresne est un people anti-people, un macho impuissant, un intellectuel qui ne dit rien d’intelligent, un faux sadique et un faux masochiste, un anti-autobiographe. :: --
Oscar Dufresne is a celebrity who is anti-celebrity, a powerless macho man, an intellectual who says nothing intelligent, a fake sadist and a fake masochist, an anti-autobiographer. :: --
===FAQ===
FAQ {{fr-noun-inv|f}} :: FAQ (foire aux questions)
===fart===
pet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} fart
(Middle French) pet {{frm-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} fart, gas, flatulence
===fashionable===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===Faso===
Burkina Faso {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burkina Faso
===father===
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: parent, one’s father or mother
===Faux===
faux-ami {{fr-noun|m|sg=faux-ami}} :: Faux ami, false friend.
===favor===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {figuratively} A kind favor given by one person to another.
Il m’a fait une fleur. :: --
He gave me a kind favor. :: --
===Fear===
point {fr-adv} :: {{literary|dialectal|usually with "ne"}} not
Ne craignez point :: Fear not
===feasible===
viable {fr-adj-mf} :: viable, feasible
===feature===
delta {{fr-noun|m}} :: delta (geographical feature)
===fee===
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===feelings===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
===feline===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: cat (feline)
===fellatio===
pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {vulgar} fellatio.
Faire une pipe. :: --
Tailler une pipe. :: --
===female===
cane {{fr-noun|f}} :: duck (female duck)
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: blonde, female with blonde hair
rate {{fr-noun|f}} :: (female) rat
(Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: woman (female adult human being)
(Old French) con {{fro-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} cunt (human female genitalia)
===feminine===
abstruse (adjective) :: feminine inflection of abstrus
close {fr-verb-form} :: feminine of clos
===Fermat===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===fervent===
fervent {fr-adj} :: fervent
===feudal===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} sou, the feudal era coin.
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===field===
science {{fr-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
===fifteen===
quinze (cardinal number) :: fifteen
===fifth===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===figuratively===
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
===filling===
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: A fritter with a filling.
===film===
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
===final===
finale {{fr-noun|f}} :: a final
===financial===
fiscal {{fr-adj|mp=fiscaux}} :: fiscal, financial
===fine===
menu {fr-adj} :: slim, small, fine
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
===finger===
digital {{fr-adj|mp=digitaux}} :: of or pertaining to fingers or toes
===firearm===
chien {{fr-noun|m|s|chienne}} :: cock, hammer (of a firearm)
===first===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
close {fr-verb-form} :: first- and third-person singular subjunctive present of clore
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===fiscal===
fiscal {{fr-adj|mp=fiscaux}} :: fiscal, financial
===fish===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
===fishes===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===fist===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} punch (a hit with the fist)
===five===
{{cardinalbox|fr|4|5|6|quatre|six|ord=cinquième|wplink=Cinq}}cinq {m|inv} (noun) cat2=cardinal numbers :: five
(Middle French) cinq (noun) {m|inv} :: five
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===fixed===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (fixed, determined)
===flame===
(Old French) flame {{fro-noun|f}} :: flame
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la complainte d ou conte huede de nevers|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Senz redouteir l'infernal flame|translation=Without fearing the infernal flame}} :: --
===flash===
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: flash {{context|burst of light}}
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {photography} flash
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {juggling} flash
===flat===
plate {{fr-noun|f}} :: Very small flat boat.
===flatulence===
(Middle French) pet {{frm-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} fart, gas, flatulence
===flaw===
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: defect, vice, flaw
===flesh===
chair {{fr-noun|f}} :: flesh
===fleshy===
carnation {f} (noun) :: The fleshy pinkish color carnation
===floor===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: floor
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: tiled floor
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
===flop===
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: flop
===flow===
aa {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{geology|often|attributive}} The surface of an aa lava flow.
===flower===
(Old French) flor {{fro-noun|f}} :: flower
rose {{fr-noun|f}} :: rose (flower)
===Flower===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===flowering===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===Flowering===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. :: --
Orchids are sought-after flowers. :: --
===flowers===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. :: --
Orchids are sought-after flowers. :: --
===flush===
couleur {{fr-noun|f}} :: {poker} a flush
===fly===
cousin {{fr-noun|m}} :: crane fly
===foire===
FAQ {{fr-noun-inv|f}} :: FAQ (foire aux questions)
===followed===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===following===
en {fr-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
===food===
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} organic food
===fool===
sot {{fr-noun|m|f=sotte}} :: imbecile, fool
===foolish===
sot {{fr-adj|feminine=sotte}} :: silly, foolish, stupid
twit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Quebec|colloquial}} twit (foolish person)
===foot===
cor {{fr-noun|m}} :: corn (of the foot)
===football===
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: table soccer, table football
soccer {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {Quebec} soccer (association football)
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Canada} Canadian football
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: (less common) American football
foot {m} (noun) :: {uncountable} {colloquial} football (soccer)
Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde. :: --
Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé. :: --
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===force===
force {{fr-noun|f}} :: force.
===forceful===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "[http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/25/186742.html Brebis égarée]", Le Devoir: :: --
... se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming" :: --
===forefinger===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: forefinger
===foreign===
(Old French) alien {m} (adjective) :: alien; foreign; non-native
===forest===
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} The action of game leaving the forest to graze
===fork===
en {fr-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
===form===
former {fr-verb} :: to form (generic sense)
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: box (on form)
carmine {fr-verb-form} :: a singular present imperfect form of carminer
rata :: third-person singular past historic form of rater
vomit :: third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
vomit :: third-person singular past historic form of vomir
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
suit :: third-person singular present indicative form of suivre
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: A polite form of address for a woman.
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
coke {{fr-noun|m}} :: coke (form of carbon)
===Form===
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===formally===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {religion} To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
===formed===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
===former===
KGB (proper noun), m :: KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
mandarin {fr-adj} :: mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
===forms===
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German. :: --
===formula===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
===fortune===
fortune {{fr-noun|f}} :: fortune
faire une fortune :: make a fortune
faire fortune :: make a fortune
===forty===
quarante (cardinal number) :: forty
(Old French) quarante (cardinal number) :: forty
===forwardly===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===fountain===
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|proscribed}} A drinking fountain.
===four===
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: Which is repeated four times.
Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple. :: --
{{cardinalbox|fr|3|4|5|trois|cinq|ord=quatrième|wplink=Quatre}}quatre (cardinal number) :: four
(Old French) quatre (cardinal number) :: four
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: Something that is equal to four times something else.
Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} A move whose score is multiplied by four.
Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples. :: --
J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple. :: --
===fourteen===
quatorze (cardinal number) :: fourteen
===fourth===
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
===frame===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The frame of a door or picture.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: frame (of a bicycle)
image {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|TV|film}} frame
===framework===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The scope or framework.
===franc===
franc {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|monetary}} franc
===France===
France {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: France (country)
(Middle French) France {f} (proper noun) :: France (country of the Europe)
(Old French) France {{fro-proper noun|f}} :: France (country)
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===Franconian===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franque}} :: Frankish, Franconian.
===frank===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: frank
===Frank===
franc {{fr-noun|m}} :: Frank
===Frankish===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franque}} :: Frankish, Franconian.
===free===
gratuit {fr-adj} :: free of charge
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, at liberty
Un homme libre. :: A free man.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: tax-free
Port franc :: Free port
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===Free===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: tax-free
Port franc :: Free port
===freek===
accorder {fr-verb} :: {sport} To award (a freek kick)
===french===
pommes frites {f} (noun), :: french fries; chips
===French===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
===frequencies===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===frequency===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===fricative===
fricative {{fr-noun|f}} :: {phonetics} fricative
===friction===
friction {{fr-noun|f}} :: friction
===friend===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
faux-ami {{fr-noun|m|sg=faux-ami}} :: Faux ami, false friend.
cop {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} A friend, a pal.
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: male friend
phrase {{fr-noun|f}} :: (false friend) sentence
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
===fries===
pommes frites {f} (noun), :: french fries; chips
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===fritter===
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: A fritter with a filling.
===From===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===fruit===
fruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: fruit
(Old French) fruit {{fro-noun|m|fruiz|fruiz}} :: fruit
Oisiaus et veneison et fruit (Érec et Énide, {{w|Christian of Troyes}}, circa 1170) :: --
bird, venison and fruits :: --
kiwi {{fr-noun|m}} :: kiwi; kiwi fruit
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: cashew tree; also, its fruit
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
(Old French) date {{fro-noun|f}} :: date (fruit)
pomme {{fr-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
(Old French) pomme {{fro-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
===fruitcake===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: fruitcake (containing rum).
===fu===
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===full===
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: full stop, period (punctuation mark)
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
grande parure {{fr-noun|f|head=grande parure|pl=grandes parures}} :: full dress
full {{fr-noun|m}} :: {poker} full house
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
===fun===
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
===furniture===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
===g===
g :: {physics} g
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===G===
string {{fr-noun|m}} :: G-string, thong, tanga
===Gabon===
Gabon {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Gabon
===Gabriel===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===gaffe===
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
===gaffer===
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to gaffer tape
===gain===
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {finance} gain, yield
===game===
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: mikado (game of skill)
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} The action of game leaving the forest to graze
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: tag, tig (children’s game)
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: squash game
On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui. :: --
===games===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
===gamma===
gamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: gamma (Greek letter)
===garage===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: garage, lock-up (for a car)
===garden===
square {{fr-noun|m}} :: small public garden in the middle of a square
Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques. :: --
===garlic===
ail {{fr-noun|m}} (or, rarely, aulx) :: garlic
===garment===
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
===gas===
(Middle French) pet {{frm-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} fart, gas, flatulence
===gases===
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (gases of the atmosphere)
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
===gathering===
party {m|f} (noun), plural: parties, or: partys :: {Canada} party (social gathering)
===gave===
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===gemstone===
turquoise {{fr-noun|f}} :: turquoise (gemstone)
===generally===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===generic===
former {fr-verb} :: to form (generic sense)
===genitalia===
(Old French) con {{fro-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} cunt (human female genitalia)
===genus===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===geographical===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial or geographical border.
delta {{fr-noun|m}} :: delta (geographical feature)
===geometric===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} A geometric angle.
La mesure d'un angle droit est égale à 90 degrés. :: --
===geometry===
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: face (geometry)
===George===
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===German===
allemand A text in German ('''allemand''') written by Goethe.{{fr-proper noun|m}} :: German (The German language)
L’allemand est une langue germanique. :: --
German is a Germanic language. :: --
Mon stagiaire parle un allemand impeccable. :: --
My trainee speaks perfect German. :: --
Parlez-vous allemand ? :: --
Do you speak German? :: --
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to or originating from Germany)
J’ai acheté une voiture allemande. :: --
I've bought a German car. :: --
Les contes allemands sont fameux. :: --
German fairy tales are famous. :: --
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to the German language)
Il n’y a pas qu’en Allemagne qu’on utilise des mots allemands. :: --
Not only in Germany does one use German words. :: --
La traduction allemande de France est Frankreich. :: --
The German translation of "France" is Frankreich. :: --
===Germany===
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to or originating from Germany)
J’ai acheté une voiture allemande. :: --
I've bought a German car. :: --
Les contes allemands sont fameux. :: --
German fairy tales are famous. :: --
===getting===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} by, in (describing a way of getting something)
===Ghana===
Ghana {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Ghana
===giblet===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{cooking|plurale tantum}} The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
===gift===
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
===girlfriend===
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{Canada|informal}} girlfriend
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===give===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
donner {fr-verb} :: To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
(Middle French) donner (verb) :: to give
===given===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {figuratively} A kind favor given by one person to another.
Il m’a fait une fleur. :: --
He gave me a kind favor. :: --
===glass===
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually|uncountable}} glass (substance)
Verre de couleur. :: --
symbol of fragility :: --
Ça casse comme le verre. :: --
symbol of transparency :: --
Une maison de verre. :: --
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===glasses===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===global===
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
===glycoprotéine===
gp (abbreviation) :: glycoprotéine
===glyph===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: glyph, rendering of a single character
===go===
go {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: go
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to visit, to go and see)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A laid out way allowing to go across something.
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
===goal===
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal scored in basketball
===goblet===
hanap {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} (lidded) goblet, hanap
===god===
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (god)
===God===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a man of God, a godly man
===godly===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a man of God, a godly man
===goes===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===going===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going through a place or event.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going from a state to another.
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
===gold===
or {{fr-noun|m}} :: gold
(Middle French) or {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: gold (metal)
(Middle French) or {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: gold (color)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: gold (metal)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: gold (color)
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
===golf===
putter {{fr-noun|m}} :: putter (golf club)
===gone===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===good===
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: good as opposed to evil
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: a commodity, a good
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: good (as opposed to evil)
(Old French) avoir {{fro-noun|m}} :: possession; good
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
C'est mes avoirs, c'est mes tresorz. :: --
It is my possession, it is my treasure. :: --
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Robes, deniers ne autre avoir
Ne voloit de l'autrui avoir.|translation=Not clothing, nor money, nor other possessions
Did she want to have from others.}} :: --
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
baste pour cela :: Enough of that, all well and good, so be it.
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
condition {{fr-noun|f}} :: condition
en bonne condition :: In good condition
===goods===
stock {{fr-noun|m}} :: stock, goods in supply
===goof===
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
===got===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
===gourmet===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
===gracier===
gracias :: second-person singular past historic of gracier
gracia :: third-person singular past historic of gracier
===gradation===
nuance {{fr-noun|f}} :: gradation of colors
===grade===
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
===Graduation===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: Graduation from a school year.
===grain===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: grain (of wood etc.)
===grammatically===
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=tant a cause des amphibologies, equivocques, & obscuritez des motz, que de la briefveté des sentences|translation=}} :: --
===Grand===
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (Grand Duchy)
===grandiloquent===
grandiloquent {fr-adj} :: grandiloquent
===grant===
accorder {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To grant (something to someone)
===gratuitous===
gratuit {fr-adj} :: gratuitous, for no reason
méchanceté gratuite :: --
===gray===
gray {m} (noun) :: gray (SI unit)
===Gray===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===graze===
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} The action of game leaving the forest to graze
===great===
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
cool {fr-intj} :: cool! great!
===Greek===
nu {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: nu (Greek letter)
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: pi (Greek letter)
san {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: san (Greek letter)
alpha {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: alpha (Greek letter)
gamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: gamma (Greek letter)
delta {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: delta (Greek letter)
epsilon {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: epsilon (Greek letter)
digamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: digamma (Greek letter)
iota {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: iota (Greek letter)
===green===
vert {{fr-noun|m}} :: green
vert {fr-adj} :: green
(Old French) vert {{fro-noun|m|verz|verz|vert}} :: green
(Old French) vert {m|f} (adjective) :: green, of a green color
===grief===
(Old French) duel {{fro-noun|m|dueus|dueus}} :: sadness; grief; sorrow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Son plor et son duel demenant :: --
===ground===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: ground
===group===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {military} {uncountable} The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===guard===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===Guatemala===
Guatemala {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Guatemala
===guillotine===
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
===gull===
mauve {{fr-noun|f}} :: mew, gull, seagull
===gyroscope===
gyroscope {{fr-noun|m}} :: gyroscope
===H===
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: {slang} horse, H (narcotic)
===habitat===
habitat {{fr-noun|m}} :: habitat
===had===
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
===hair===
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: blonde, female with blonde hair
===hairy===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===hammer===
chien {{fr-noun|m|s|chienne}} :: cock, hammer (of a firearm)
===hamster===
hamster {{fr-noun|m}} :: hamster
===hanap===
hanap {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} (lidded) goblet, hanap
===hand===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: the act of handing something to someone.
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|Western|_|Christianity}} Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===handball===
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
===handicap===
handicap {{fr-noun|m}} :: handicap
===handle===
pseudo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{chiefly|Internet slang}} A nickname, handle or pseudonym.
===hang===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
===hanging===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
===hara===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
===harbour===
port {m} (noun) :: port, harbour
port {m} (noun) :: port, harbour city
===hard===
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: hard, painful
===hardcore===
hard {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of pornography}} hardcore
{{usex|Des photos hards.}} :: --
hard {{fr-noun|m}} :: hardcore pornography
{{usex|Le Journal du hard est une émission de Canal + dédiée au cinéma pornographique.}} :: --
===hardware===
hardware {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {computing} hardware
===harm===
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
===has===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
dupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: A person who has been deceived, see dupe.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
===hash===
shit {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {slang} hash (cannabis)
===hasn===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
===haste===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===hasty===
brusque {fr-adj-mf} :: abrupt (sudden or hasty)
===hat===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===have===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: to have
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: to have
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===haven===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
===having===
duel {{fr-adj|f=duelle}} :: dual (having two components)
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===he===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
abscond {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abscondre|3|s|pres|ind}
il abscond :: he hides
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
===He===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
anglais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: English language
Il parle anglais :: He speaks English
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
===head===
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: head (of a coin)
===heap===
butter {fr-verb} :: To heap
butter les pommes de terre. :: --
===heart===
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {anatomy} heart
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} heart, heart shape
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: heart (love)
===hearts===
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {card games} hearts (the suit)
===heavy===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
===helping===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
===hemp===
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: Manilla hemp.
===hence===
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
===henry===
henry {m} (noun) (any preceding vowel is not elided) :: henry
===her===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===here===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: here
(Old French) ci (adverb) :: here (in this place)
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===heron===
(Middle French) heron {{frm-noun|m}} :: heron
===hers===
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
===hides===
abscond {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abscondre|3|s|pres|ind}
il abscond :: he hides
===hierarchy===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A rank or position in a series or hierarchy.
===high===
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
===higher===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===him===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===Him===
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===hint===
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: touch, hint, note
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
===his===
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
===His===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
===historic===
gracias :: second-person singular past historic of gracier
gracia :: third-person singular past historic of gracier
rata :: third-person singular past historic form of rater
put (verb form) :: third-person singular past historic of pouvoir.
vomit :: third-person singular past historic form of vomir
fit {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative past historic of faire
===history===
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
===hit===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} punch (a hit with the fist)
===hitchhiking===
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: hitchhiking
===hobby===
hobby {{fr-noun|m|pl=hobbies}} (alternative plural hobbys) :: hobby (activity)
===hockey===
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
===holding===
donner {fr-verb} :: To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
===hole===
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A watering hole or place for animals.
===holiday===
break {{fr-noun|m}} :: break (pause, holiday)
C’est l’heure de faire un break. :: --
===home===
natal {m} ({f} natale, {m} {p} nataux, {f} {p} natales) :: native
ville natale :: home town
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===homicide===
crime {{fr-noun|m}} :: murder, homicide
===homophone===
homophone {{fr-noun|m}} :: homophone
===homophonous===
homophone {fr-adj-mf} :: homophonous
===honest===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: honest; without pretense
===honey===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
miel {{fr-noun|m}} :: honey
===Hong===
Hong Kong {fr-proper noun} :: Hong Kong
===honorable===
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|worthy of, deserving of}}
honnorable :: honorable
===hoop===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: basketball hoop
===Horizontal===
horizontal {{fr-adj-al|horizont}} :: Horizontal; perpendicular to the vertical
===hormonal===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
===horn===
cor {{fr-noun|m}} :: horn (musical instrument)
(Old French) cor {{fro-noun|m}} :: horn (instrument used to produce sound)
===horse===
dada {{fr-noun|m}} :: {childish} horse
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: horse
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: {slang} horse, H (narcotic)
(Middle French) cheval {{frm-noun|m|pl=chevaux|pl2=chevaulx}} :: horse
(Old French) cheval {{fro-noun|m|chevaus|chevaus|cheval}} :: horse
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
EREC de son cheval desçant[.] :: --
-Erec got down from his horse. :: --
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: nag (old useless horse)
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: stall (for a horse), loose box
boc {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Norman|_|dialect}} type of horse-drawn carriage
===horsepower===
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: horsepower
===horses===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: assembly of horses for sale or racing
===hospital===
(Middle French) hospital {{frm-noun|m|pl=hospitaulx}} :: hospital (medical)
===hotel===
palace {{fr-noun|m}} :: luxury hotel
===hounds===
meute {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} pack (of hounds)
===house===
house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house
full {{fr-noun|m}} :: {poker} full house
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
===How===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===however===
or (conjunction) :: yet, however
===htm===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===html===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===human===
(Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: woman (female adult human being)
(Old French) con {{fro-noun|m}} :: {vulgar} cunt (human female genitalia)
===hungry===
avoir faim (phrase) :: to be hungry
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
===husband===
(Old French) baron {{fro-noun|m|barons|ber|baron}} :: {by extension} husband
===hut===
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: hut, cabin, shack
===Hymenoptera===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===hyperbola===
hyperbole {{fr-noun|f}} :: {geometry} hyperbola
===hyperbole===
hyperbole {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rhetoric} hyperbole
===i===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===ice===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: a block (of ice)
===iceberg===
iceberg {{fr-noun|m}} :: iceberg
===idea===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
===identity===
badger {fr-verb} :: to use an identity badge
Avant de quitter la pièce, il ne faudra pas oublier de badger. :: --
===igloo===
igloo {{fr-noun|m}} :: igloo
===illness===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===image===
image {{fr-noun|f}} :: picture, image
===imbalance===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
===imbecile===
sot {{fr-noun|m|f=sotte}} :: imbecile, fool
===immediately===
tout de suite {{fr-adv|sg=tout de suite}} :: {idiomatic} immediately, right away
===impact===
impact {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|literally or figuratively}} impact
===impala===
impala {{fr-noun|m}} :: impala
===impassible===
impassible {fr-adj-mf} :: {theology} impassible
===impassive===
impassible {fr-adj-mf} :: impassive
===imperfect===
carmine {fr-verb-form} :: a singular present imperfect form of carminer
===important===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
cardinal {{fr-adj|mp=cardinaux}} :: important, paramount
capital {{fr-adj|mp=capitaux}} :: capital (important)
La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980. :: --
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===impossible===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: {sciences} Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.
===imprinted===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An imprinted box on a page.
===improperly===
abuser {fr-verb} :: to abuse (use improperly)
===improve===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===impudence===
impudence {{fr-noun|f}} :: impudence
===In===
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
condition {{fr-noun|f}} :: condition
en bonne condition :: In good condition
===including===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===incorrigible===
incorrigible {fr-adj-mf} :: incorrigible
incorrigible {{fr-noun|m}} :: An incorrigible
===indeed===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: indeed
===indefinite===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine oblique singular indefinite article)
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine nominative plural indefinite article)
===index===
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: {finance} index
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} index
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: index
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===indicate===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
===indicates===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===indicating===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===indication===
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: clue, indication
===indicative===
vomit :: third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
suit :: third-person singular present indicative form of suivre
fit {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative past historic of faire
met (verb form) :: third-person singular indicative present of "mettre", puts
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative present form of rater
===indirect===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===individual===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
===infinitive===
infinitive {f} (noun) :: infinitive clause (=proposition infinitive)
===inflation===
inflation {{fr-noun|f}} :: inflation.
===inflection===
abstruse (adjective) :: feminine inflection of abstrus
===influence===
empire {{fr-noun|m}} :: influence, authority
===informal===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===informant===
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} informant, snitch
===information===
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {countable} piece of information; datum
Cette information nous est parvenue hier soir. :: --
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {uncountable} information
Théorie de l'information. :: --
===ing===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: the act of handing something to someone.
===inhabitable===
habitable {fr-adj-mf} :: inhabitable
===inherit===
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. :: --
===inintelligible===
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: jargon, specialised or inintelligible language
===inkhorn===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: portable inkhorn
===innocent===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: innocent
===insect===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===insémination===
IA {f} :: (insémination artificielle) AI
===insert===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===inside===
(Old French) en (preposition) :: in; inside
===instrument===
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (percussion instrument)
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cornet, a wind instrument
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} cornetist, the instrument's player
cor {{fr-noun|m}} :: horn (musical instrument)
(Old French) cor {{fro-noun|m}} :: horn (instrument used to produce sound)
===instrumental===
instrumental {{fr-adj|mp=instrumentaux}} :: instrumental
instrumental {{fr-noun|m|pl=instrumentaux}} :: {grammar} the instrumental case
===intelligence===
IA {f} :: (intelligence artificielle) AI
===interjection===
interjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {grammar} interjection
===interrogative===
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
===Interruption===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
===into===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
former {fr-verb} :: to shape (to make into a certain shape)
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===invariable===
invariable {fr-adj-mf} :: invariable
===iota===
iota {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: iota (Greek letter)
===Iran===
Iran {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Iran
===Is===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===It===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===item===
(Old French) abit {{fro-noun|m|abiz|abiz}} :: item of clothing
===items===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===its===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: cashew tree; also, its fruit
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: mahogany tree; also, its timber
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
===itself===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. :: --
Orchids are sought-after flowers. :: --
===ius===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===j===
g :: {{context|texting|_|slang}} =j'ai
===jacket===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: (Maritime): A life jacket.
===Jaguar===
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (cat)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (car)
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
===jam===
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Belgium} traffic jam
===January===
en {fr-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
===Japan===
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} any emperor of Japan
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
===Japanese===
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
japonais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: The Japanese language.
katana {{fr-noun|m}} :: Japanese sword
===jargon===
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: jargon, specialised or inintelligible language
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: A jargon, zircon type
===jaunes===
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
===javelin===
(Old French) dart {{fro-noun|m|darz|darz|dart}} :: weapon similar to a javelin
===Jean===
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
===jeopardy===
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
===jerk===
jerk {{fr-noun|m}} :: jerk (dance)
===job===
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
===joint===
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: joint, articulation
===Jordan===
Jordan {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to English Jordan.
===journey===
(Old French) passage {{fro-noun|m}} :: passage (part of a route or journey)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Volez que je vos die gierres
Del passage com il est max ?|translation=Do you want me to tell you
Of the passage, how bad it is?}} :: --
===jubilant===
jubilant {fr-adj} :: jubilant
===judgement===
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (judgement; verdict)
{{quote-book|year=1532|title=Pantagruel|author=François Rabelais|passage=... puis retourna s'asseoir et commença pronuncer la sentence comme s'ensuyt :|translation=... then went back and sat down and started to give the verdict as follows:}} :: --
===juice===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
===Jupiter===
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (planet)
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (god)
Europe {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Europa, a moon of Jupiter
===kabbalism===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} A mystical word from kabbalism.
===kanji===
kanji {{fr-noun|m}} :: kanji
===keeps===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
===KGB===
KGB (proper noun), m :: KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
===kick===
penalty {{fr-noun|m|pl=penalties}} :: {sports} penalty, penalty kick
accorder {fr-verb} :: {sport} To award (a freek kick)
===kid===
marmot {{fr-noun|m}} :: {colloquial} kid, brat
===kidney===
rein {{fr-noun|m}} :: {anatomy} kidney
(Middle French) rein {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: {anatomy} kidney
===kill===
massacrer {fr-verb} :: to massacre (kill)
===kilograms===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===kilometre===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A kilometre.
===kind===
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: kind
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {figuratively} A kind favor given by one person to another.
Il m’a fait une fleur. :: --
He gave me a kind favor. :: --
===kip===
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
===kiri===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
===kiwi===
kiwi {{fr-noun|m}} :: kiwi; kiwi fruit
===knights===
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} accolade (knights)
===knitting===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|knitting}} A knitting course.
===knob===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===know===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===known===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
===koala===
koala {{fr-noun|m}} :: koala
===Kong===
Hong Kong {fr-proper noun} :: Hong Kong
===la===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===La===
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===label===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===lady===
damoiselle {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} (noble) lady
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: A lady
(Old French) dame {{fro-noun|f}} :: lady; woman
===laid===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A laid out way allowing to go across something.
===lake===
Victoria {fr-proper noun} :: Victoria ( the queen, the lake )
===lama===
lama {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Buddhism} lama
===lamer===
lama (verb form) :: 3rd person singular simple past lamer
===lampoon===
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: lampoon (written attack)
===land===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
===Land===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
===landowner===
baron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {dated} baron, lord, noble landowner
===language===
(Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: language (style of communicating)
(Old French) language {{fro-noun|f}} :: language (style of communicating)
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
(Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: language
(Old French) langue {{fro-noun|f}} :: language
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} the Latin language
(Middle French) latin {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: Latin language
(Old French) latin {{fro-noun|m|-}} :: Latin language
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci commence le miracle de Théophile|author=Rutebeuf|passage=S'en sui plus dolenz, Salatin,
Quar en françois ne en latin
Ne finai onques de proier|translation=I am very sad about it, Satan
For neither in French nor in Latin
Have I stopped praying for you}} :: --
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: jargon, specialised or inintelligible language
japonais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: The Japanese language.
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
mandarin {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: Mandarin (language)
allemand A text in German ('''allemand''') written by Goethe.{{fr-proper noun|m}} :: German (The German language)
L’allemand est une langue germanique. :: --
German is a Germanic language. :: --
Mon stagiaire parle un allemand impeccable. :: --
My trainee speaks perfect German. :: --
Parlez-vous allemand ? :: --
Do you speak German? :: --
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to the German language)
Il n’y a pas qu’en Allemagne qu’on utilise des mots allemands. :: --
Not only in Germany does one use German words. :: --
La traduction allemande de France est Frankreich. :: --
The German translation of "France" is Frankreich. :: --
anglais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: English language
Il parle anglais :: He speaks English
pseudo- (prefix) :: pseudo-
pseudo-langue :: fake language
===lapidation===
lapidation {{fr-noun|f}} :: lapidation
===large===
plural {{fr-adj|sf=plurale|mp=pluraux|pf=plurales}} :: plural, large
===larger===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===Latin===
latin {fr-adj} :: Latin
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} the Latin language
(Middle French) latin {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: Latin language
(Old French) latin {{fro-noun|m|-}} :: Latin language
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci commence le miracle de Théophile|author=Rutebeuf|passage=S'en sui plus dolenz, Salatin,
Quar en françois ne en latin
Ne finai onques de proier|translation=I am very sad about it, Satan
For neither in French nor in Latin
Have I stopped praying for you}} :: --
v {{fr-letter|upper=V|lower=v}} :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter I|passage=Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.}} :: --
Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself. :: --
X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X (letter of the Latin alphabet)
===Latino===
latin {fr-adj} :: Latino
===lava===
aa {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{geology|often|attributive}} The surface of an aa lava flow.
===law===
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Canada} section (of a law)
===lawyer===
robin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{archaic|pejorative| lang=fr}} lawyer
===lay===
civil {fr-adj} :: {politics} lay
===le===
(Old French) al (contraction) :: contraction of a + le (to the)
(Old French) del (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the).
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German. :: --
(Old French) du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
===Le===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
===leader===
leader {{fr-noun|m}} :: leader
===leather===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
===leave===
absenter {{fr-verb|sg=s'absenter}} :: {{context|always reflexive}} to leave; to absent oneself
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
===leaved===
ypréau {{fr-noun|m|plural=ypréaux}} :: broad-leaved elm
===leaving===
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} The action of game leaving the forest to graze
===left===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {humorous} pink, left-wing
===leg===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===legal===
cause {{fr-noun|f}} :: case (a legal proceeding)
===legged===
bien fendu (adjective) :: {idiomatic} well cleft, (or long-legged)
===legislative===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
===legs===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
===length===
(Old French) brief {m} (adjective), feminine: brieve :: brief; short in length
(Old French) long {m} (adjective) :: long (length, duration)
===les===
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
===less===
a- (prefix) :: a-, non-, -less.
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: (less common) American football
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===letter===
(Old French) brief {{fro-noun|m|briés|briés}} :: (short) letter or statement
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
nu {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: nu (Greek letter)
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: pi (Greek letter)
X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X (letter of the Latin alphabet)
san {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: san (Greek letter)
v {{fr-letter|upper=V|lower=v}} :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter I|passage=Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.}} :: --
Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself. :: --
alpha {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: alpha (Greek letter)
gamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: gamma (Greek letter)
delta {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: delta (Greek letter)
epsilon {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: epsilon (Greek letter)
digamma {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: digamma (Greek letter)
iota {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: iota (Greek letter)
===letters===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
===levez===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===li===
(Old French) face {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} face
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Le chief li desarme et la face.
He exposed his head and his face. :: --
===liberty===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, at liberty
Un homme libre. :: A free man.
===lidded===
hanap {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} (lidded) goblet, hanap
===lie===
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: lie; untruth
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la desputizons dou croisie et dou descroisie.|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Tu dis si grant abusion
Que nus ne la porroit descrire[.]|translation=You say such lies
That no-one could describe them}} :: --
===life===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: (Maritime): A life jacket.
existence {{fr-noun|f}} :: life
===light===
jour {{fr-noun|m}} :: daylight, light
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: light beer
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
===like===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
===limb===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{dated|slang|usually|plurale tantum}} The limbs.
===limits===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
===line===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
ride {{fr-noun|f}} :: wrinkle, line (on face etc.)
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of object placed one after the other.
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to rule (a line)
===link===
accorder {fr-verb} :: To link to, to be related to
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
===linking===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===liqueur===
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: chartreuse (liqueur)
===liquids===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
===list===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A list of military officers
menu {{fr-noun|m}} :: detailed list
===listed===
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: one of the various listed meanings of a word in a dictionary
===lit===
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
===literally===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
===Literally===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
===literary===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
===live===
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
===lively===
vif {{fr-adj|f=vive}} :: lively, brisk
animé :: lively
===living===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===llama===
lama {{fr-noun|m}} :: llama
===loaf===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===loathe===
abhorrer {fr-verb} :: to abominate, to abhor, toloathe
===loathsome===
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
===lob===
lob {{fr-noun|m}} :: {tennis} lob
===location===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
===loch===
loch {{fr-noun|m}} :: A loch
===lock===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: garage, lock-up (for a car)
===log===
loch {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} a log
===long===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
long {{fr-adj|f=longue}} :: long
(Old French) long {m} (adjective) :: long (length, duration)
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
bien fendu (adjective) :: {idiomatic} well cleft, (or long-legged)
===look===
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
attention {fr-intj} :: look out, be careful
===looking===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===loose===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: stall (for a horse), loose box
===lord===
baron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {dated} baron, lord, noble landowner
(Old French) baron {{fro-noun|m|barons|ber|baron}} :: lord, baron (title of nobility)
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===loss===
danger {{fr-noun|m}} :: jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
===lost===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===lot===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===love===
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: heart (love)
===lowest===
abject {fr-adj} :: {{literary|obsolete}} Of the lowest social position.
===luck===
chance {{fr-noun|f}} :: luck
bol {{fr-noun|m}} :: luck
===Luxembourg===
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (Grand Duchy)
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (province)
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (city)
===luxury===
palace {{fr-noun|m}} :: luxury hotel
===ly===
plate {fr-adj-mf} :: {{Canada|informal}} Annoyingly boring.
{{quote-book|year=1999|author=Chrystine Brouillet|title=Les Fiancées de l'Enfer|isbn=2-89021-363-3| page=204| passage="On va se mettre à ressembler aux gens qui racontent leur crisse de vie plate dans les émissions de télé débiles." — We're going to sound like those people who tell they frickin' boring lives on those idiotic tv shows.}} :: --
===lynx===
lynx {{fr-noun|m|pl=lynx}} :: a lynx
===lyrics===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
===m===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
avoir faim (phrase) :: to be hungry
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
===Mac===
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
===machine===
machine {{fr-noun|f}} :: machine {{gloss-stub|French}}
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
===Macy===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===maddening===
(Old French) -able (suffix), plural: -ables :: {{non-gloss definition|-ing, creating an effect, an influence}}
forsenable :: maddening
===made===
en {fr-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
===Madrid===
Madrid {fr-proper noun} :: Madrid, Spanish capital city and province
===magical===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
===Magpie===
pie {{fr-noun|f}} :: Magpie.
===mahogany===
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: mahogany tree; also, its timber
===maiden===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===main===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
===mainly===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===mairie===
cadastre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A registrar from a mairie (mayor's office)
===majority===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===make===
accorder {fr-verb} :: {grammar} To make agree
former {fr-verb} :: to shape (to make into a certain shape)
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up
fortune {{fr-noun|f}} :: fortune
faire une fortune :: make a fortune
faire fortune :: make a fortune
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
===making===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of making something undergo a process.
===male===
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: male friend
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
cousin {{fr-noun|m|f=cousine}} :: cousin (male)
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (male) cat, tom, tomcat
(Old French) fil {{fro-noun|m|fiz|fiz|fil}} :: son (male child)
===mallow===
mauve {{fr-noun|f}} :: mallow
===mammal===
(Middle French) ours {{frm-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: bear (mammal)
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (burrowing mammal)
===man===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
homme de guerre (noun) :: a man of war, a military man
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a man of God, a godly man
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, at liberty
Un homme libre. :: A free man.
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===mandarin===
mandarin {fr-adj} :: mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
===Mandarin===
mandarin {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: Mandarin (language)
===mandate===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: mandate
===Manilla===
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: Manilla hemp.
===Manitoba===
Manitoba {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Manitoba
===manner===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (one's manner of speaking)
===manufacturer===
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|feminine}} Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
===manuscript===
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An original manuscript
===many===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===March===
(Old French) mars {{fro-noun|m|mars|mars}} :: March (month)
mars {{fr-noun|m|pl=mars}} :: March (month)
===mares===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===Maritime===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: (Maritime): A life jacket.
===mark===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark
dépasser les bornes :: cross the mark
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
mark {{fr-noun|m}} :: mark (currency)
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: point (small mark)
===marker===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial boundary marker.
===marriage===
civil {fr-adj} :: civil (war, marriage etc.)
===Martin===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===masculine===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine oblique singular indefinite article)
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine nominative plural indefinite article)
===mask===
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
===mass===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
===massacre===
massacre {{fr-noun|m}} :: massacre
massacrer {fr-verb} :: to massacre (kill)
===massacred===
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
===massage===
massage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A physical massage
masser {fr-verb} :: to massage
===massé===
massé {{fr-noun|m}} :: {billiards} massé
===masseur===
masseur {{fr-noun|m|f=masseuse}} :: masseur
===masted===
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
===masthead===
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
===masturbation===
masturbation {{fr-noun|f}} :: masturbation
===matador===
matador {{fr-noun|m}} :: matador
===material===
(Old French) metal {{fro-noun|m|metaus|metaus}} :: metal (material)
===matter===
vacuum {{fr-noun|m}} :: vacuum (space containing no matter)
===mauve===
mauve {{fr-noun|m}} :: mauve
mauve {fr-adj-mf} :: mauve
===may===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===maybe===
éventuellement {fr-adv} :: possibly, maybe, perhaps
===mayonnaise===
mayonnaise {{fr-noun|f}} :: mayonnaise
===mayor===
cadastre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A registrar from a mairie (mayor's office)
===me===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===Me===
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|direct object}} Me.
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|indirect object}} to Me.
===mea===
mea culpa (interjection) :: mea culpa
===meal===
menu {{fr-noun|m}} :: menu; a set meal on a menu
===meaning===
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
===meanings===
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: one of the various listed meanings of a word in a dictionary
===means===
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
===measure===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
quarter {{fr-noun|m}} :: quarter (old measure of corn)
===measurements===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===meat===
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} meat (usually of bad quality)
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===medical===
(Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
(Middle French) hospital {{frm-noun|m|pl=hospitaulx}} :: hospital (medical)
===medicine===
(Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
===Mediterranean===
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
===meet===
meeting {{fr-noun|m}} :: meeting, meet
un meeting aérien :: an air show
===meeting===
meeting {{fr-noun|m}} :: meeting, meet
un meeting aérien :: an air show
===mellifera===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===member===
bourgeois {{fr-noun|m|plural=bourgeois|f=bourgeoise}} :: member of the middle class
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
===members===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===mental===
mental {{fr-adj-al|ment}} :: mental
===mentioned===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===menu===
menu {{fr-noun|m}} :: menu; a set meal on a menu
===merchandise===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
===mere===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: mere; simple
===meridian===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
===mess===
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up
===message===
mot {{fr-noun|m}} :: note, (short) message
===metal===
(Middle French) metal {{frm-noun|m|pl=metaulx}} :: metal
(Old French) metal {{fro-noun|m|metaus|metaus}} :: metal (material)
(Middle French) or {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: gold (metal)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: gold (metal)
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
en {fr-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
===metallic===
about {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|technical}} The extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece.
===metres===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===mettre===
met (verb form) :: third-person singular indicative present of "mettre", puts
===mew===
mauve {{fr-noun|f}} :: mew, gull, seagull
===Mexico===
Mexico {fr-proper noun} :: Mexico City
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
===microbe===
microbe {{fr-noun|m}} :: {microbiology} microbe
===middle===
bourgeois {{fr-noun|m|plural=bourgeois|f=bourgeoise}} :: member of the middle class
square {{fr-noun|m}} :: small public garden in the middle of a square
Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques. :: --
===might===
(Old French) force {{fro-noun|f}} :: strength; might
===mikado===
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: mikado (game of skill)
===milestone===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
===military===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A list of military officers
homme de guerre (noun) :: a man of war, a military man
tank {{fr-noun|m}} :: tank (military vehicle)
===milk===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===million===
million (cardinal number) :: million, 106.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 106.
===mind===
mental {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: mind
Elle a un mental d'acier. :: --
art {{fr-noun|m}} :: art (something pleasing to the mind)
===minded===
absent {fr-adj} :: absent-minded
===mine===
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: mine (excavation or explosive)
===miniscule===
o (letter) :: o (miniscule)
===minister===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a minister
===minor===
menu {fr-adj} :: minor, trifling
===minuscule===
minuscule {fr-adj-mf} :: minuscule
minuscule {{fr-noun|f}} :: minuscule
===minute===
minute {{fr-noun|f}} :: minute
===miscellaneous===
(Old French) chose {{fro-noun|f}} :: thing (miscellaneous object or concept)
===missing===
absent {{fr-noun|m}} :: absentee; missing person
===mobile===
mobile {fr-adj-mf} :: mobile
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: mobile (decoration)
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: mobile phone
===modem===
modem {{fr-noun|m}} :: modem
===moderlieschen===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel.
===modern===
v {{fr-letter|upper=V|lower=v}} :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter I|passage=Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.}} :: --
Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself. :: --
===Modern===
(Old French) Christian {{fro-proper noun|m}} :: {{given name|male}}, cognate to Christian in Modern English
===mole===
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (burrowing mammal)
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (undercover agent)
===Mole===
mole {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|chemistry|physics}} Mole.
===Moment===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
===Monaco===
Monaco {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Monaco (principality)
Monaco {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Monaco (capital)
===monastery===
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: a Carthusian monastery, a charterhouse
===money===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: postal order, money order
capital {{fr-noun|m|plural=capitaux}} :: capital (money and wealth)
===monk===
abbatial {{fr-noun|m|plural=abbatiaux}} :: The quarters of the abbot and monks within an abbey.
===Montenegro===
Serbie-et-Monténégro (proper noun) :: Serbia and Montenegro
===month===
mars {{fr-noun|m|pl=mars}} :: March (month)
(Old French) mars {{fro-noun|m|mars|mars}} :: March (month)
===months===
en {fr-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
===Montréal===
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
===mood===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
===moon===
Europe {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Europa, a moon of Jupiter
lune {{fr-noun|f}} :: {astronomy} moon.
===Moon===
(Old French) lune {{fro-proper noun|f}} :: the Moon
===morally===
laid {fr-adj} :: morally corrupt
===more===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
===most===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===mother===
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: parent, one’s father or mother
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
===motive===
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: motive (for an action, for a crime)
===motorcycle===
trail {{fr-noun|f}} :: Dual-sport motorcycle
===mouflon===
mouflon {{fr-noun|m}} :: mouflon
===movable===
mobile {fr-adj-mf} :: movable
===move===
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} A move whose score is multiplied by four.
Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples. :: --
J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} The area on the board where such a move is possible.
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
===movement===
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} the organic movement
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} Abductive movement; abduction.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} Circulation, traffic, movement.
===moving===
mobile {fr-adj-mf} :: moving
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} moving body
===much===
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===mug===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} mug, sucker, soft touch
===multiplication===
multiplication {{fr-noun|f}} :: multiplication (process)
===multiplied===
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} A move whose score is multiplied by four.
Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples. :: --
J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple. :: --
===Mumbai===
Bombay {fr-proper noun} :: Mumbai, Bombay
===murder===
crime {{fr-noun|m}} :: murder, homicide
===muscle===
abdo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{rare|_|in the singular}} ab (abdominal muscle)
===mush===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===music===
country {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: country music
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: music stand
house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house
musique {{fr-noun|f}} :: music
(Old French) musique {{fro-noun|f}} :: music
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A paragraph or section of text or music.
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===musical===
musical {{fr-adj|mp=musicaux}} :: musical
do {{fr-noun|m}} :: do, the musical note
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duet (a musical composition for two performers)
cor {{fr-noun|m}} :: horn (musical instrument)
===must===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
===mutation===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} An aberration or mutation.
===my===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
===Myanmar===
Myanmar {{fr-proper noun|g=m}} :: Myanmar
===mystical===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} A mystical word from kabbalism.
===nadir===
nadir {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} nadir
===nag===
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: nag (old useless horse)
===naked===
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|person}} naked, nude
(Old French) nu {m} (adjective), feminine: nue :: naked
(Old French) nu {m} (adverb), feminine: nue :: naked
===name===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel.
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
===narcotic===
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: {slang} horse, H (narcotic)
===narrower===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
===NASDAQ===
NASDAQ {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: NASDAQ
===native===
(Old French) alien {m} (adjective) :: alien; foreign; non-native
natal {m} ({f} natale, {m} {p} nataux, {f} {p} natales) :: native
ville natale :: home town
(Old French) alien {{fro-noun|m}} :: alien (a non-native)
===natural===
(Old French) natural {m} (adjective), feminine: natural :: natural
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Perceval ou le conte du Graal|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=si sanbla natural color.|translation=The color seemed so natural.}} :: --
===nature===
nature {{fr-noun|f}} :: nature
===Nazi===
nazi {fr-adj} :: Nazi
nazi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Nazi
===near===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Extremely steep, near vertical.
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
===nectar===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===need===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===needle===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye (of a needle), plural œils
===negative===
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: {photography} A negative; {by extension} a snapshot.
Prendre un cliché. :: --
===negatives===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===neglect===
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} complete neglect
===neighbor===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===neither===
ni (conjunction) :: neither; nor
===net===
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {fishing} drop-net
===new===
neuf {{fr-adj|f=neuve}} :: brand new, very new
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
===news===
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {plural only} news
Tous les jours, il regarde la télé le midi pour suivre les informations. :: --
===newsflash===
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: newsflash
===newspaper===
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
===nickel===
nickel {m} (noun) :: nickel (metal)
===nickname===
pseudo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{chiefly|Internet slang}} A nickname, handle or pseudonym.
===niece===
(Old French) niece {{fro-noun|f}} :: niece
===Niger===
Niger {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Niger (country)
===night===
nuit {{fr-noun|f}} :: night
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===nine===
{{cardinalbox|fr|8|9|10|huit|dix|ord=neuvième|wplink=Neuf}}neuf (cardinal number) :: nine
===nit===
lente {{fr-noun|f}} :: {zoology} nit
===no===
non {fr-adv} :: no
non {fr-intj} :: no!
(Middle French) non (interjection) :: no
(Old French) non (interjection) :: no
gratuit {fr-adj} :: gratuitous, for no reason
méchanceté gratuite :: --
vacuum {{fr-noun|m}} :: vacuum (space containing no matter)
===nobility===
(Old French) baron {{fro-noun|m|barons|ber|baron}} :: lord, baron (title of nobility)
===noble===
baron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {dated} baron, lord, noble landowner
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: noble; of noble descent
damoiselle {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} (noble) lady
===noctis===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===noise===
bruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: a noise
(Old French) bruit {{fro-noun|m|bruiz|bruiz|bruit}} :: noise; sounds
===noisy===
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===nominative===
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine nominative plural indefinite article)
===non===
a- (prefix) :: a-, non-, -less.
(Old French) alien {m} (adjective) :: alien; foreign; non-native
(Old French) alien {{fro-noun|m}} :: alien (a non-native)
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {military} {uncountable} The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.
===nor===
ni (conjunction) :: neither; nor
===norm===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: {sciences} Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.
===North===
gaffe {{fr-noun|f}} :: gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
===nosemose===
nosémose {f} (noun) :: nosemose
===not===
point {fr-adv} :: {{literary|dialectal|usually with "ne"}} not
Ne craignez point :: Fear not
non :: not
{{quote-book|passage=Êtes-vous toujours en prière ? / Êtes-vous des astres blessés ? / Car ce sont des pleurs de lumière, / Non des rayons, que vous versez.|translation=Are you still in prayer? / Are you blessed stars? / Because it is cries of light, / Not rays, that you pour.|author=Sully Prudhomme|title={{wsource|Les Solitudes}}|chapter={{wsource|La Voie lactée}}|year=1869}} :: --
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
===notably===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
===note===
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: note (written or spoken)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: {music} note
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: touch, hint, note
mot {{fr-noun|m}} :: note, (short) message
do {{fr-noun|m}} :: do, the musical note
===nouns===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
===nourish===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===now===
or {fr-adv} :: {obsolete} now, presently
(Old French) ore (adverb) :: now
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
===nu===
nu {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: nu (Greek letter)
===nuance===
nuance {{fr-noun|f}} :: nuance
===nuclear===
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} the core of a nuclear reactor
===nude===
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|person}} naked, nude
===number===
cardinal {{fr-noun|m|pl=cardinaux}} :: cardinal number
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===numbers===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===Nunavut===
Nunavut {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Nunavut
===o===
o (letter) :: o (miniscule)
===oath===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} To reject by oath someone's authority.
===object===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
protester {fr-verb} :: to protest; to object
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: possession; object of value
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
(Old French) chose {{fro-noun|f}} :: thing (miscellaneous object or concept)
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of object placed one after the other.
===Object===
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} Object in this substance
(optics) glass :: --
Des verres de lunettes. :: --
lens :: --
des verres grossissants. :: --
glass (drinking vessel) :: --
Un verre en cristal. :: --
its content :: --
On va boire un verre ? :: --
===obligation===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
===oblique===
(Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine oblique singular indefinite article)
===observant===
observateur {{fr-adj|f=observatrice}} :: observant
===observation===
observation {{fr-noun|f}} :: observation
===observer===
observateur {{fr-noun|m|f=observatrice}} :: observer
===obtainable===
accessible {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|of a place, information, etc.}} accessible, attainable, obtainable, available.
===obviously===
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: of course, obviously
===occult===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
===occurs===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
===octet===
o (abbreviation) :: {computing} octet (B (byte))
===œils===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye (of a needle), plural œils
===Of===
abject {fr-adj} :: {{literary|obsolete}} Of the lowest social position.
===off===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
===offal===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{cooking|plurale tantum}} The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
===offer===
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
===office===
cadastre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A registrar from a mairie (mayor's office)
===officer===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A list of military officers
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {military} {uncountable} The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.
===often===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "[http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/25/186742.html Brebis égarée]", Le Devoir: :: --
... se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming" :: --
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
===ogre===
ogre {{fr-noun|m|f=ogresse}} :: {mythology} ogre
===oh===
oh :: oh
===old===
quarter {{fr-noun|m}} :: quarter (old measure of corn)
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: nag (old useless horse)
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
===olive===
olive {{fr-noun|f}} :: olive
===ombrotrophic===
bog {{fr-noun|m}} :: {ecology} An ombrotrophic peatland.
===omelette===
omelette {{fr-noun|f}} :: omelette
===once===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
===One===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
===oneself===
absenter {{fr-verb|sg=s'absenter}} :: {{context|always reflexive}} to leave; to absent oneself
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
port {m} (noun) :: stature, way of carrying oneself
===online===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Internet} chat (online discussion)
===only===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===Ontario===
Ontario {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Ontario (all senses)
===onto===
dater {fr-verb} :: to date, to add a date onto something.
===open===
open {{fr-noun|m}} :: open tournament
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
===opened===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
===opinion===
opinion {{fr-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
(Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
===opposed===
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: good as opposed to evil
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: good (as opposed to evil)
===oral===
oral {{fr-adj-al|or}} :: oral
===orange===
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
orange {{fr-noun|m}} :: orange (color)
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===ordeals===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===order===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: postal order, money order
===ordinal===
ordinal {{fr-adj|mp=ordinaux}} :: ordinal
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===ore===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===organ===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
===organic===
bio {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {ecology} organic
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} the organic movement
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} organic food
===organisms===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
===organization===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The backbone of an organization.
===origin===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===original===
original {{fr-adj|mp=originaux}} :: original
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An original manuscript
===originating===
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to or originating from Germany)
J’ai acheté une voiture allemande. :: --
I've bought a German car. :: --
Les contes allemands sont fameux. :: --
German fairy tales are famous. :: --
===origins===
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
===Orne===
Alençon {fr-proper noun} :: a town in Orne:
===OS===
jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
===other===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of object placed one after the other.
===otherwise===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "[http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/25/186742.html Brebis égarée]", Le Devoir: :: --
... se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming" :: --
===out===
attention {fr-intj} :: look out, be careful
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A laid out way allowing to go across something.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
===oven===
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: oven
===over===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} abandon oneself, give oneself over (à to)
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
===overshoe===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Quebec} overshoe
===oxygen===
oxygène {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: oxygen
===pace===
train {{fr-noun|m}} :: pace
===pack===
meute {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} pack (of hounds)
===package===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
===page===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An imprinted box on a page.
===pain===
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: pain
J'ai mal à la tête. (“I have a headache.” Literally, “I have pain at the head.”) :: --
(Old French) mal {{fro-noun|m|maus|maus|mal}} :: pain, suffering
abdominales {{fr-adj-form|f|p}} :: {feminine plural of|abdominal}
douleurs abdominales :: abdominal pains
===painful===
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: hard, painful
===Pakistan===
Pakistan {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Pakistan
===pal===
cop {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} A friend, a pal.
===Palestine===
Palestine {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Palestine
===palpable===
palpable {fr-adj-mf} :: palpable
===pamphlet===
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Quebec} pamphlet (small booklet)
===pane===
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===panel===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: console, control panel
===paper===
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===paragraph===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A paragraph or section of text or music.
===Paraguay===
Paraguay {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Paraguay
===paramount===
cardinal {{fr-adj|mp=cardinaux}} :: important, paramount
===parasol===
parasol {{fr-noun|m}} :: parasol
===parent===
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: parent, one’s father or mother
(Old French) parent {{fro-noun|m|parenz|parenz|parent}} :: parent
===Paris===
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===paroles===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
===part===
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: area, part, place, spot
« Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. » "I am the only robot around here." :: --
(Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: piece, bit, part
(Old French) piece {{fro-noun|f}} :: piece, bit, part
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Que del hiaume une piece tranche. :: --
It cuts a piece off his helmet :: --
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. :: --
(Old French) passage {{fro-noun|m}} :: passage (part of a route or journey)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Volez que je vos die gierres
Del passage com il est max ?|translation=Do you want me to tell you
Of the passage, how bad it is?}} :: --
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===Parti===
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
===partial===
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
===particular===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (specified, particular)
===partitive===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le, forms the partitive article.
The partitive article signifies "some", but it often is not translated in English, Dutch, or German. :: --
===party===
bal {{fr-noun|m}} :: dance party, ball.
party {m|f} (noun), plural: parties, or: partys :: {Canada} party (social gathering)
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
===passage===
(Old French) passage {{fro-noun|m}} :: passage (part of a route or journey)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Volez que je vos die gierres
Del passage com il est max ?|translation=Do you want me to tell you
Of the passage, how bad it is?}} :: --
===passive===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===Patronage===
patronage {{fr-noun|m}} :: Patronage
===Paulo===
São Paulo {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: São Paulo
1955, {{w|Claude Lévi-Strauss}}, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., {{w|Plon (publisher)|Plon}}, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. X,I p. 108 :: --
Et pourtant São Paulo ne m'a jamais paru laide : c'était une ville sauvage comme le sont toutes les villes américaines, à l'exception peut-être de Washington, D.C., [...] :: --
— And yet I never thought that São Paulo was ugly: it was a‘wild’ town, as are all American towns, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C., [...] — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), {{w|Tristes Tropiques}}, 2011 ed., {{w|Penguin Books}}, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8 :: --
===pauper===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: peasant, pauper (attibutive)
===pause===
break {{fr-noun|m}} :: break (pause, holiday)
C’est l’heure de faire un break. :: --
===paving===
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: paving
===pear===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: pear
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: pear brandy
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A pear-shaped switch.
===peasant===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: peasant, pauper (attibutive)
===peatland===
bog {{fr-noun|m}} :: {ecology} An ombrotrophic peatland.
===pedestrian===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
===penalty===
penalty {{fr-noun|m|pl=penalties}} :: {sports} penalty, penalty kick
===pencil===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
===penny===
penny {{fr-noun|m}} :: penny
===people===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===percer===
percent (verb form) :: Third-person plural present of percer.
===percussion===
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (percussion instrument)
===perfect===
nickel {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {slang} perfect, bang on
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
===performed===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
===performers===
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duet (a musical composition for two performers)
===perhaps===
éventuellement {fr-adv} :: possibly, maybe, perhaps
===period===
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: full stop, period (punctuation mark)
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
===perpendicular===
horizontal {{fr-adj-al|horizont}} :: Horizontal; perpendicular to the vertical
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
===personal===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===persons===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
===pertaining===
digital {{fr-adj|mp=digitaux}} :: of or pertaining to fingers or toes
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
===Perth===
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Australia)
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Scotland)
===Peru===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
===pet===
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
===Philippines===
Philippines {fr-proper noun} {f|p} :: The Philippines.
===phone===
mobile {{fr-noun|m}} :: mobile phone
===photo===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
===photography===
zoom {{fr-noun|m}} :: zoom (photography)
===php===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===physical===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "[http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/25/186742.html Brebis égarée]", Le Devoir: :: --
... se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming" :: --
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: appearance, physical aspect; expression
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical arrangement, spacing
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical return; arrival
massage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A physical massage
===physically===
laid {fr-adj} :: physically ugly
===pi===
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: pi (Greek letter)
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {mathematics} pi
===piano===
piano {{fr-noun|m}} :: piano
===picture===
image {{fr-noun|f}} :: picture, image
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The frame of a door or picture.
===piece===
(Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: piece, bit, part
(Old French) piece {{fro-noun|f}} :: piece, bit, part
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Que del hiaume une piece tranche. :: --
It cuts a piece off his helmet :: --
about {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|technical}} The extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece.
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: piece of bread
information {{fr-noun|f}} :: {countable} piece of information; datum
Cette information nous est parvenue hier soir. :: --
===pigeon===
pigeon {{fr-noun|m}} :: pigeon
===pigment===
pigment {{fr-noun|m}} :: pigment, coloring substance
===pilot===
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (expert or pilot)
===pimple===
bouton {{fr-noun|m}} :: pimple, spot
===pine===
pin {{fr-noun|m}} :: pine, pine tree
===pink===
rose {{fr-noun|m}} :: pink
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: pink
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {humorous} pink, left-wing
===pinkish===
carnation {f} (noun) :: The fleshy pinkish color carnation
===pipe===
pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe.
===pizza===
pizza {{fr-noun|f}} :: pizza
===place===
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: area, part, place, spot
« Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. » "I am the only robot around here." :: --
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} The surroundings of a place.
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A watering hole or place for animals.
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
(Old French) ci (adverb) :: here (in this place)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going through a place or event.
===placed===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of object placed one after the other.
===plain===
nature une [[brioche]] '''nature'''{fr-adj-mf} :: plain, unseasoned
Brioche nature ou au sucre? :: --
===plait===
natter {fr-verb} :: to plait; to braid
===plane===
avion renifleur {m} (noun) :: sniffer plane
===planet===
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (planet)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
===plant===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} Flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself.
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. :: --
Orchids are sought-after flowers. :: --
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
===plants===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===play===
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
===player===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|by metonymy}} cornetist, the instrument's player
===pleasant===
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
===pleased===
content {fr-adj} :: content, satisfied, pleased
===pleasing===
art {{fr-noun|m}} :: art (something pleasing to the mind)
===plot===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
===plots===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} The road serving such a series of plots.
===pluperfect===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===plus===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===point===
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: point (small mark)
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{sports|games}} point
date {{fr-noun|f}}{{subst:fr verb form|dater}} :: date (point in time)
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
===poison===
poison {{fr-noun|m}} :: poison
(Old French) poison {{fro-noun|f}} :: poison
===police===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (police) warrant
===polite===
civil {fr-adj} :: {literary} civil, courteous, polite
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: A polite form of address for a woman.
===political===
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
===pollen===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===pollinators===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===pollution===
pollution {{fr-noun|f}} :: pollution
nuisance {{fr-noun|f}} :: pollution
Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier. :: --
===polygon===
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (polygon)
===pool===
mare {{fr-noun|f}} :: pool
===poorly===
(Old French) mal (adverb) :: badly; poorly
===popular===
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
===pornography===
hard {{fr-noun|m}} :: hardcore pornography
{{usex|Le Journal du hard est une émission de Canal + dédiée au cinéma pornographique.}} :: --
===port===
(Old French) port {{fro-noun|m|porz|porz|port}} :: port (for watercraft)
port {m} (noun) :: port, harbour
port {m} (noun) :: port, harbour city
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: tax-free
Port franc :: Free port
===portable===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: portable inkhorn
===porter===
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
===portion===
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
===position===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A rank or position in a series or hierarchy.
abject {fr-adj} :: {{literary|obsolete}} Of the lowest social position.
===positive===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
===positron===
positron {{fr-noun|m}} :: positron
===possessing===
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
===possession===
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: a possession
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: possession; object of value
avoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: asset, possession
(Old French) avoir {{fro-noun|m}} :: possession; good
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
C'est mes avoirs, c'est mes tresorz. :: --
It is my possession, it is my treasure. :: --
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Marie l'Egypcienne|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Robes, deniers ne autre avoir
Ne voloit de l'autrui avoir.|translation=Not clothing, nor money, nor other possessions
Did she want to have from others.}} :: --
donner {fr-verb} :: To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
===possessive===
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
(Old French) ta {f} (possessive pronoun), masculine: ton, plural: tes :: your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
===possibility===
second {fr-adj} :: second
« Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve (...) s'avança vers Agostin. (Gautier, Fracasse, 1863) :: --
une seconde possibilité :: a second possibility, another possibility
===possible===
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} The area on the board where such a move is possible.
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
===possibly===
éventuellement {fr-adv} :: possibly, maybe, perhaps
===postage===
port {m} (noun) :: postage
===postal===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: postal order, money order
===potable===
potable {fr-adj-mf} :: potable
===potassium===
potassium {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: potassium
===potion===
(Old French) poison {{fro-noun|f}} :: potion
===pound===
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of weight)
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of currency)
===pouvoir===
put (verb form) :: third-person singular past historic of pouvoir.
===power===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {legal} power of attorney, proxy
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
===practise===
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
===practising===
(Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
===preceded===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===predicate===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===prefer===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===prefix===
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
===preposition===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===presence===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
===presentation===
exposé {{fr-noun|m}} :: presentation
===presently===
or {fr-adv} :: {obsolete} now, presently
===pretense===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: honest; without pretense
===pretension===
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (pretension)
===priest===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|head=homme de Dieu|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a priest
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|Western|_|Christianity}} Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
===primae===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===prince===
(Old French) prince {{fro-noun|m}} :: prince
prince {{fr-noun|m}} :: prince
===principality===
Monaco {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Monaco (principality)
===prized===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
===problem===
bug {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A bug (a problem, especially in computing)
===proceeding===
cause {{fr-noun|f}} :: case (a legal proceeding)
===process===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of making something undergo a process.
multiplication {{fr-noun|f}} :: multiplication (process)
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (act or process of dividing)
===produce===
(Old French) cor {{fro-noun|m}} :: horn (instrument used to produce sound)
===produced===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
===production===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===professional===
catch {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: wrestling; professional wrestling
===promise===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
===promotional===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Campaign.
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
===pronominal===
pronominal {{fr-adj|mp=pronominaux}} :: pronominal
===pronoun===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
(Old French) ta {f} (possessive pronoun), masculine: ton, plural: tes :: your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
===property===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===proposition===
infinitive {f} (noun) :: infinitive clause (=proposition infinitive)
===protection===
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
===protest===
protester {fr-verb} :: to protest; to object
===proton===
proton {m} (noun) :: proton
===proud===
fier {{fr-adj|f=fière}} :: proud
===province===
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (province)
Madrid {fr-proper noun} :: Madrid, Spanish capital city and province
===proxy===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {legal} power of attorney, proxy
===pseudo===
pseudo- (prefix) :: pseudo-
pseudo-langue :: fake language
===pseudonym===
pseudo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{chiefly|Internet slang}} A nickname, handle or pseudonym.
===pub===
pub {{fr-noun|m}} :: pub
===public===
square {{fr-noun|m}} :: small public garden in the middle of a square
Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques. :: --
===puddle===
mare {{fr-noun|f}} :: puddle
===pull===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===pulled===
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===pullover===
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
===punch===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} punch (a hit with the fist)
===pupil===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: pupil's desk, school desk
===pupils===
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
===purchase===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===pure===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
===purity===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
===purple===
violet (noun) :: purple (colour)
violet {{fr-adj|feminine=violette}} :: purple
===put===
met (verb form) :: third-person singular indicative present of "mettre", puts
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
pull {{fr-noun|m}} :: pullover
Il fait froid; je vais mettre mon pull :: It's cold; I'm going to put on my pullover
===putt===
putter {fr-verb} :: {golf} to putt
===putter===
putter {{fr-noun|m}} :: putter (golf club)
===qqch===
quelque chose :: something, abbreviated as: qqch.
===quack===
coin {fr-intj} :: quack
===quadrant===
quadrant {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadrant
===quadrillion===
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
===quadruplet===
quadruplet {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
===qualify===
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===qualities===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===quality===
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} meat (usually of bad quality)
bath {{fr-noun|m}} :: English high quality letter paper popular in the 19th century.
===quantity===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===quarter===
quarter {{fr-noun|m}} :: quarter (old measure of corn)
===quarters===
abbatial {{fr-noun|m|plural=abbatiaux}} :: The quarters of the abbot and monks within an abbey.
===que===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===Quebec===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
===queen===
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: {chess} queen
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: {card games} queen
Victoria {fr-proper noun} :: Victoria ( the queen, the lake )
===quel===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===questions===
FAQ {{fr-noun-inv|f}} :: FAQ (foire aux questions)
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
===Qui===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===quick===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===quintillion===
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
===race===
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: race (classification)
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===racing===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: assembly of horses for sale or racing
===radar===
radar {{fr-noun|m}} :: radar
===radio===
radio {{fr-noun|f}} :: radio, tuner
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===rail===
rail {{fr-noun|m}} :: rail
===railroad===
train {{fr-noun|m}} :: a railroad train
===rain===
pleuvoir {{fr-verb|type=impersonal}} :: to rain
===raining===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
===range===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===rank===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A rank or position in a series or hierarchy.
===rat===
(Old French) rat {{fro-noun|m}} :: rat (animal)
rate {{fr-noun|f}} :: (female) rat
rat {{fr-noun|m}} :: rat
===rated===
X (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: X-rated
===razor===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: edge (of blade, razor etc.)
===re===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
===reactor===
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} the core of a nuclear reactor
===reads===
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
===really===
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===reason===
gratuit {fr-adj} :: gratuitous, for no reason
méchanceté gratuite :: --
===reasoning===
abduction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{logic|computing}} Abductive reasoning; abduction.
===reception===
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
===reduce===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===reflexive===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===refuge===
port {m} (noun) :: refuge
===registrar===
cadastre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A registrar from a mairie (mayor's office)
===reject===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} To reject by oath someone's authority.
===related===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
accorder {fr-verb} :: To link to, to be related to
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: any person to which one is related
vocal {{fr-adj-al|voc}} :: vocal, related to the voice
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to or originating from Germany)
J’ai acheté une voiture allemande. :: --
I've bought a German car. :: --
Les contes allemands sont fameux. :: --
German fairy tales are famous. :: --
allemand {fr-adj} :: German (related to the German language)
Il n’y a pas qu’en Allemagne qu’on utilise des mots allemands. :: --
Not only in Germany does one use German words. :: --
La traduction allemande de France est Frankreich. :: --
The German translation of "France" is Frankreich. :: --
===relaxes===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===religion===
(Old French) religion {{fro-noun|f}} :: religion
religion {{fr-noun|f}} :: religion
===religious===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {religion} To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
===rely===
fier {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} to trust (à), to rely (à on)
===remake===
remake {{fr-noun|m}} :: {film} remake
===removal===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "[http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/04/25/186742.html Brebis égarée]", Le Devoir: :: --
... se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming" :: --
===rendering===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: glyph, rendering of a single character
===renounce===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {{very|formal}} To renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure.
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {religion} To formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise.
===repeat===
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: Which is repeated four times.
Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple. :: --
===replace===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
===replaces===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===report===
bruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: a rumor or report
===representative===
représentant {{fr-noun|m|f=représentante}} :: representative
===representing===
représentant (present participle) :: {present participle of|représenter}; representing
===reproductive===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===Republic===
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
===République===
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
===républiques===
URSS (abbreviation) {f} :: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
===research===
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
===reserves===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===restaurant===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)
===restrict===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
===result===
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (result of accumulating)
===return===
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical return; arrival
===Réunion===
la Réunion {f} (proper noun) :: Réunion
===reveal===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
===review===
test {{fr-noun|m}} :: a test, a tryout, a review
===revolves===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle
===Revulsion===
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{chiefly|religion}} Revulsion, abomination, disgust.
===Rica===
Costa Rica {f} (proper noun) :: Costa Rica
===ridge===
ride {{fr-noun|f}} :: ripple, ridge
===rifle===
rifle {{fr-noun|m}} :: rifle (carabine)
===right===
tout de suite {{fr-adv|sg=tout de suite}} :: {idiomatic} immediately, right away
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
(Old French) parole {{fro-noun|f}} :: {{by extension|figuratively}} the right to speak
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===ring===
ring {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{sports|chiefly combat sports}} ring
===rinsing===
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|Western|_|Christianity}} Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
===ripping===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
===ripple===
ride {{fr-noun|f}} :: ripple, ridge
===Rising===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
===risk===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
===ritual===
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rare} A washing, especially ritual.
===Ritual===
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|Western|_|Christianity}} Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
===river===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
===rivet===
river {fr-verb} :: to drive/set a rivet
===road===
rue {{fr-noun|f}} :: street, road
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} The road serving such a series of plots.
===roadway===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
===robot===
robot {{fr-noun|m}} :: robot
===Rod===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle
===room===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===rooms===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===rope===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
===rose===
rose {{fr-noun|f}} :: rose (flower)
rose {{fr-noun|f}} :: rose window
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|in phrases}} rosy, rose-tinted
===rosy===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|in phrases}} rosy, rose-tinted
===route===
router {fr-verb} :: to route
(Old French) passage {{fro-noun|m}} :: passage (part of a route or journey)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Volez que je vos die gierres
Del passage com il est max ?|translation=Do you want me to tell you
Of the passage, how bad it is?}} :: --
===row===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
===rub===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===rubbish===
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===rue===
rue {{fr-noun|f}} :: rue {{sense|the plant}}
===rule===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: {sciences} Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to rule (a line)
===rum===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: fruitcake (containing rum).
===rumor===
bruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: a rumor or report
===running===
trail {{fr-noun|f}} :: Trail running
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
===Rwanda===
Rwanda {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Rwanda
===sadness===
(Old French) duel {{fro-noun|m|dueus|dueus}} :: sadness; grief; sorrow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Son plor et son duel demenant :: --
===said===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===sale===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: assembly of horses for sale or racing
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===salty===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===Salvador===
El Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador
Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador (country in Central America)
===Same===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
===san===
san {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: san (Greek letter)
===sanatorium===
sana {{fr-noun|m}} :: sanatorium
===sanction===
sanction {{fr-noun|f}} :: sanction
===sandwiches===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===São===
São Paulo {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: São Paulo
1955, {{w|Claude Lévi-Strauss}}, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., {{w|Plon (publisher)|Plon}}, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. X,I p. 108 :: --
Et pourtant São Paulo ne m'a jamais paru laide : c'était une ville sauvage comme le sont toutes les villes américaines, à l'exception peut-être de Washington, D.C., [...] :: --
— And yet I never thought that São Paulo was ugly: it was a‘wild’ town, as are all American towns, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C., [...] — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), {{w|Tristes Tropiques}}, 2011 ed., {{w|Penguin Books}}, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8 :: --
===Saskatchewan===
Saskatchewan {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Saskatchewan
===satisfied===
content {fr-adj} :: content, satisfied, pleased
===scale===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===scales===
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: scales
===school===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: pupil's desk, school desk
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: Graduation from a school year.
car {{fr-noun|m}} :: coach
Les élèves vont à l’école en car. :: The pupils go to school by coach.
===science===
science {{fr-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
===scope===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: The scope or framework.
===score===
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} A move whose score is multiplied by four.
Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples. :: --
J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple. :: --
===scored===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal scored in basketball
===Scotland===
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Scotland)
===scrap===
bribe {{fr-noun|f}} :: scrap, bit
===scrooch===
rat {{fr-noun|m}} :: scrooch
===seagull===
mauve {{fr-noun|f}} :: mew, gull, seagull
===seaman===
matelot {{fr-noun|m}} :: seaman
===sec===
minute {fr-intj} :: wait a sec!
===secret===
secret {{fr-adj|f=secrète}} :: secret
secret {{fr-noun|m}} :: secret
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
===secretion===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
===section===
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Canada} section (of a law)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A paragraph or section of text or music.
===Security===
KGB (proper noun), m :: KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
===see===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to visit, to go and see)
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
dupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: A person who has been deceived, see dupe.
===See===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
absinthe {fr-verb-form} :: See absinther
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===seems===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===sense===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
former {fr-verb} :: to form (generic sense)
===senses===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
Ontario {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Ontario (all senses)
===sensitive===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
===sentence===
phrase {{fr-noun|f}} :: (false friend) sentence
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (judgement; verdict)
{{quote-book|year=1532|title=Pantagruel|author=François Rabelais|passage=... puis retourna s'asseoir et commença pronuncer la sentence comme s'ensuyt :|translation=... then went back and sat down and started to give the verdict as follows:}} :: --
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=tant a cause des amphibologies, equivocques, & obscuritez des motz, que de la briefveté des sentences|translation=}} :: --
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===separation===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
===September===
en {fr-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
===septillion===
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
===sequence===
quadruplet {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
===Serbia===
Serbie-et-Monténégro (proper noun) :: Serbia and Montenegro
===series===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=tant a cause des amphibologies, equivocques, & obscuritez des motz, que de la briefveté des sentences|translation=}} :: --
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A rank or position in a series or hierarchy.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} The road serving such a series of plots.
===servant===
servant {{fr-noun|m|f=servante}} :: servant
===served===
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
===serving===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} The road serving such a series of plots.
===set===
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
set {{fr-noun|m}} :: {tennis} set
river {fr-verb} :: to drive/set a rivet
menu {{fr-noun|m}} :: menu; a set meal on a menu
===seven===
(Old French) set (cardinal number) :: seven
{{cardinalbox|fr|6|7|8|six|huit|ord=septième|wplink=Sept}}sept (cardinal number) :: seven
(Middle French) sept (noun) {m|inv} :: seven
===shack===
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: hut, cabin, shack
===shaft===
age {{fr-noun|m}} :: shaft
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {mechanics} drive shaft
===商业===
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
===shape===
former {fr-verb} :: to shape (to make into a certain shape)
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} heart, heart shape
===shaped===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A pear-shaped switch.
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===share===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
===she===
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
===She===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===sheep===
robin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{obsolete| lang=fr}} sheep, calf
===sheet===
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
===sherbet===
sorbet {{fr-noun|m}} :: sorbet, sherbet
===shock===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===shogun===
shogun {m} (noun){{tbot entry|French|shogun|2009|July|fr}} :: shogun
===shopper===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===shopping===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
===short===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
(Old French) brief {m} (adjective), feminine: brieve :: brief; short in length
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
(Old French) brief {{fro-noun|m|briés|briés}} :: (short) letter or statement
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A short stay.
mot {{fr-noun|m}} :: note, (short) message
===shorts===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
===shout===
(Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: cry; shout
===show===
meeting {{fr-noun|m}} :: meeting, meet
un meeting aérien :: an air show
===sic===
sic {fr-adv} :: sic
===side===
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: surface, side
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
===sign===
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: stop sign
===significant===
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===silly===
sot {{fr-adj|feminine=sotte}} :: silly, foolish, stupid
===silver===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
===similar===
-able (suffix), plural: -ables :: able to be done (similar to English, above)
(Old French) dart {{fro-noun|m|darz|darz|dart}} :: weapon similar to a javelin
===simple===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: mere; simple
lama (verb form) :: 3rd person singular simple past lamer
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: simple
===since===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
===sing===
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
===single===
simple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {baseball} single
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: glyph, rendering of a single character
===sins===
absolution {{fr-noun|f}} :: absolution (from sins or wrongs)
===site===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===six===
six {{cardinalbox|fr|5|6|7|cinq|sept|ord=sixième|wplink=Six}}{{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: six
(Middle French) six (noun) {m|inv} :: six
===sixteen===
seize (cardinal number) :: sixteen
===size===
pain {{fr-noun|m}} :: Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
===skilful===
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
===skill===
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: mikado (game of skill)
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
===skilled===
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
===slang===
slang {{fr-noun|m}} :: English slang
Twain fut un des premiers auteurs provenant des terres intérieures des États-Unis qui a su capturer la distinction, le slang comique et l'iconoclasme de sa nation. :: --
coke {{fr-noun|f}} :: coke (slang: cocaine)
===slap===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: slap
===slaughterhouse===
abattoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A slaughterhouse.
===sleep===
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
===Sleep===
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
===sleeping===
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
===slim===
menu {fr-adj} :: slim, small, fine
===slow===
slow {{fr-noun|m}} :: slow waltz
lent {fr-adj} :: slow
===small===
menu {fr-adj} :: slim, small, fine
(Old French) menu {m} (adjective) :: small
{{quote-book|year=12th Century|title=Raoul de Cambrai|author=Unknown|passage=Trenche la coife de son hauberc menu|translation=He cut off the head of his small coat of armor}} :: --
rein {{fr-noun|m}} :: {in the plural} small of the back, waist
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: point (small mark)
square {{fr-noun|m}} :: small public garden in the middle of a square
Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques. :: --
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Quebec} pamphlet (small booklet)
plate {{fr-noun|f}} :: Very small flat boat.
===Small===
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
===smallish===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===smashing===
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
===smatch===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===smiled===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===smoking===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===snapshot===
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: {photography} A negative; {by extension} a snapshot.
Prendre un cliché. :: --
===sneaker===
tennis {{fr-noun|m|pl=tennis}} :: {{countable|Europe|dated}} sneaker
basket {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Europe} sneakers, trainers (UK)
On y va dès que tout le monde a fini de mettre ses baskets. :: --
===sniffer===
avion renifleur {m} (noun) :: sniffer plane
===snitch===
balance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} informant, snitch
===snorkel===
tuba {{fr-noun|m}} :: snorkel
===so===
baste pour cela :: Enough of that, all well and good, so be it.
===soccer===
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: table soccer, table football
soccer {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {Quebec} soccer (association football)
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: {European French} soccer
foot {m} (noun) :: {uncountable} {colloquial} football (soccer)
Zidane est un des meilleurs joueurs de foot du monde. :: --
Toutes les semaines, il regarde du foot à la télé. :: --
===social===
abject {fr-adj} :: {{literary|obsolete}} Of the lowest social position.
party {m|f} (noun), plural: parties, or: partys :: {Canada} party (social gathering)
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===socialist===
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
===Socialiste===
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
===socialistes===
URSS (abbreviation) {f} :: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
===society===
lie {{fr-noun|f}} :: dregs (of wine, of society)
===sodium===
sodium {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: sodium
===soe===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
===sofa===
sofa {{fr-noun|m}} :: couch; sofa
===soft===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} mug, sucker, soft touch
===soil===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: soil, earth
===sol===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
===solely===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===solemnly===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {ambitransitive} {{very|formal}} To renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure.
===solfège===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===solitary===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===some===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===someone===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} To reject by oath someone's authority.
accorder {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To grant (something to someone)
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
donner {fr-verb} :: To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: the act of handing something to someone.
(Old French) fier (verb) :: {{reflexive|se fier}} to trust (someone, something)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Trestuit por lor seignor prioient,
Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient|translation=Soon, they were praying for their master
In him, and in God they put their trust}} :: --
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===Something===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
abjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {literary} Something that is worthy of utter contempt.
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: Something that is equal to four times something else.
Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale. :: --
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
===son===
(Old French) fil {{fro-noun|m|fiz|fiz|fil}} :: son (male child)
===song===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
===sorbet===
sorbet {{fr-noun|m}} :: sorbet, sherbet
===sorrow===
(Old French) duel {{fro-noun|m|dueus|dueus}} :: sadness; grief; sorrow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
Son plor et son duel demenant :: --
===sou===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} sou, the feudal era coin.
===sound===
(Old French) bruit {{fro-noun|m|bruiz|bruiz|bruit}} :: noise; sounds
(Old French) cor {{fro-noun|m}} :: horn (instrument used to produce sound)
===Sound===
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: Sound.
{{usex|Le son de ce piano est agréable.|translation=The sound of this piano is nice.}} :: --
===South===
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
===Soviet===
KGB (proper noun), m :: KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
===soviétiques===
URSS (abbreviation) {f} :: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
===space===
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
vacuum {{fr-noun|m}} :: vacuum (space containing no matter)
===spacing===
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical arrangement, spacing
===Spain===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===Spanish===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
Madrid {fr-proper noun} :: Madrid, Spanish capital city and province
===speak===
(Old French) parole {{fro-noun|f}} :: {{by extension|figuratively}} the right to speak
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
===speaking===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (one's manner of speaking)
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===speaks===
anglais {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: English language
Il parle anglais :: He speaks English
===specialised===
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: jargon, specialised or inintelligible language
===specific===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===specified===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (specified, particular)
===spelling===
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
===spherical===
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
===spleen===
rate {{fr-noun|f}} :: spleen
===spoken===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: voice, spoken word
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: note (written or spoken)
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===sport===
trail {{fr-noun|f}} :: Dual-sport motorcycle
livrer {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} (with à) to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry)
===sports===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===spot===
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: area, part, place, spot
« Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. » "I am the only robot around here." :: --
bouton {{fr-noun|m}} :: pimple, spot
===spotless===
nickel {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {slang} spotless
===square===
square {{fr-noun|m}} :: small public garden in the middle of a square
Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques. :: --
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: square (on boardgame)
===squash===
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sport} {uncountable} squash
Jouer au squash. :: --
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: squash game
On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui. :: --
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: squash court
La ville a construit trois squashs municipaux. :: --
===squeezed===
orange {{fr-noun|f}} :: orange (fruit)
Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. :: He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
===stadium===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===staff===
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
===stall===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: stall (for a horse), loose box
===stallions===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===stand===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: music stand
===standard===
standard {fr-adj} :: standard
===star===
star {{fr-noun|f}} :: star (celebrity)
Elle est devenue star. :: she's become a star.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
soleil {{fr-noun|m}} :: sun (star)
(Middle French) soleil {{frm-noun|m}} :: sun (star)
(Old French) soleil {{fro-noun|m|soleilz|soleilz|soleil}} :: sun (star)
===start===
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===started===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===starting===
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
===state===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: The state of being aberrant.
absence {{fr-noun|f}} :: absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going from a state to another.
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo .... :: --
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo .... :: --
Paris est la capitale de la France. :: Paris is the capital of France.
En 1905, les églises deviennent la propriété de l'État. :: In 1905, churches became the property of the state.
===State===
KGB (proper noun), m :: KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
===statement===
(Old French) brief {{fro-noun|m|briés|briés}} :: (short) letter or statement
===States===
EU {fr-proper noun} :: {{abbreviation of|États-Unis}} (United States)
===station===
break {{fr-noun|mf}} :: estate car, station wagon
===stature===
port {m} (noun) :: stature, way of carrying oneself
===stay===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A short stay.
===steep===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Extremely steep, near vertical.
===step===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===Stéphanie===
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
===stereotype===
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: {printing} A stereotype.
La reproduction dans la presse de dessins et de photographies se fait au moyen de clichés typographiques. :: --
===stick===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===stinger===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===stock===
stock {{fr-noun|m}} :: stock, goods in supply
===Stock===
action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
===Stockholm===
Stockholm {fr-proper noun} :: Stockholm
===stomach===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
===stop===
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: full stop, period (punctuation mark)
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: stop sign
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
===stopped===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===store===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
===story===
fable {{fr-noun|f}} :: fable, story
(Old French) fable {{fro-noun|f}} :: fable, story
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la lections d'ypocrisie et d'umilité|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Ne vos wel faire longue fable|translation=I don't want to tell you a long story}} :: --
===stove===
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: stove
===straight===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
se payer la poire de qqun :: "to pull someone's leg"
===Straight===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
===strangulation===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
===street===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
rue {{fr-noun|f}} :: street, road
===strength===
(Old French) force {{fro-noun|f}} :: strength; might
===stressed===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===stretched===
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===string===
string {{fr-noun|m}} :: G-string, thong, tanga
===structure===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
===stud===
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===study===
science {{fr-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
===stump===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
===stung===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===stupid===
sot {{fr-adj|feminine=sotte}} :: silly, foolish, stupid
con {{fr-noun|m|feminine=conne}} :: {{context|derogatory|_|slang}} A stupid person; arsehole (British)
===style===
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
(Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: language (style of communicating)
(Old French) language {{fro-noun|f}} :: language (style of communicating)
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
===subdivisions===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===subject===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===subjunctive===
close {fr-verb-form} :: first- and third-person singular subjunctive present of clore
rate {fr-verb-form} :: first-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
===sublimation===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
===subsection===
(Old French) sale {{fro-noun|f}} :: room (subsection of a building)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: ... que la soe amie
Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
division {{fr-noun|f}} :: division (subsection)
===substance===
substance {{fr-noun|f}} :: substance
pigment {{fr-noun|m}} :: pigment, coloring substance
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually|uncountable}} glass (substance)
Verre de couleur. :: --
symbol of fragility :: --
Ça casse comme le verre. :: --
symbol of transparency :: --
Une maison de verre. :: --
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} Object in this substance
(optics) glass :: --
Des verres de lunettes. :: --
lens :: --
des verres grossissants. :: --
glass (drinking vessel) :: --
Un verre en cristal. :: --
its content :: --
On va boire un verre ? :: --
liège {{fr-noun|m}} :: cork (substance)
===Substances===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{archaic|chemistry}} Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation.
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. :: --
refinements of sulfer, zinc, arsenic, antimony :: --
===such===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} The area on the board where such a move is possible.
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} The road serving such a series of plots.
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
===sucker===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} mug, sucker, soft touch
===sudden===
brusque {fr-adj-mf} :: abrupt (sudden or hasty)
===suffering===
(Old French) mal {{fro-noun|m|maus|maus|mal}} :: pain, suffering
===suggest===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===suicide===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
===suit===
cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {card games} hearts (the suit)
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
===suivre===
suit :: third-person singular present indicative form of suivre
===summer===
été {{fr-noun|m}} :: summer
Paris {m} (mostly) or {f} :: Paris (in France)
Paris est beaucoup moins bruyant en été :: Paris is much less noisy in summer
Paris est vraiment belle la nuit :: Paris is really beautiful at night
===sun===
soleil {{fr-noun|m}} :: sun (star)
(Middle French) soleil {{frm-noun|m}} :: sun (star)
(Old French) soleil {{fro-noun|m|soleilz|soleilz|soleil}} :: sun (star)
===Sun===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
===sundry===
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
===sung===
massacrer {fr-verb} :: {figuratively} to do something badly
Il a massacré cette chanson :: he sung that song really badly (lit. "he massacred that song")
===sup===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
million (cardinal number) :: million, 106.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 106.
quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 1024; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
===Super===
bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
===superfamily===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===supply===
stock {{fr-noun|m}} :: stock, goods in supply
===support===
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
===sure===
(Old French) certain (adjective) :: certain; sure
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
===surface===
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: surface, side
aa {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{geology|often|attributive}} The surface of an aa lava flow.
===Surprisingly===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===surrender===
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: surrender
===surrounding===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} The surroundings of a place.
===surrounds===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===swarm===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===sweet===
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
===sweetheart===
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: baby, darling, sweetheart
rat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} sweetheart
===switch===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A pear-shaped switch.
===Switzerland===
PS {m} :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland.
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===sword===
katana {{fr-noun|m}} :: Japanese sword
===Sydney===
Sydney {fr-proper noun} :: Sydney (in Australia)
===symbol===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: Accent (the symbol on a character)
===system===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
===t===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
===table===
baby {{fr-noun|m}} :: table soccer, table football
===tag===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: tag, tig (children’s game)
===tails===
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
===taken===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {military} {uncountable} The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.
===takings===
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually in plural}} winnings, earnings, takings
===talent===
talent {{fr-noun|m}} :: talent
===tanga===
string {{fr-noun|m}} :: G-string, thong, tanga
===tank===
tank {{fr-noun|m}} :: tank (military vehicle)
tank {{fr-noun|m}} :: tank (container)
===tape===
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to gaffer tape
===tare===
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: tare
===taupe===
taupe {fr-adj-mf} :: taupe
===tax===
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: tax-free
Port franc :: Free port
===teeth===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
===tel===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===Television===
pub {{fr-noun|f}} :: Television ad or advert.
===ten===
{{cardinalbox|fr|9|10|11|neuf|onze|ord=dixième|wplink=Dix}}dix (cardinal number) :: ten
===tennis===
tennis {{fr-noun|m|pl=tennis}} :: {{context|usually|_|uncountable}} tennis
===tense===
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===tenses===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===territorial===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial boundary marker.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial or geographical border.
===test===
test {{fr-noun|m}} :: a test, a tryout, a review
===text===
bible {{fr-noun|f}} :: bible (comprehensive text)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A paragraph or section of text or music.
===TGV===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===than===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|geography}} A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===That===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
===their===
japonais {{fr-adj|mp=japonais}} :: Japanese, of or pertaining to Japan, its people, or their language.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
===them===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===there===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (at a place)
Il est dans la maison. Il y est. :: “He is in the house. He is there.”
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
(Old French) i (adverb) :: there
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: to exist (there is/there are)
{{quote-book|year=c. 1200|author=Author unknown|title=Les quatres sohais Saint Martin|passage=Un vilain ot en Normendie|translation=There was a peasant in Normandy}} :: --
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
===these===
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===thighs===
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===thin===
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===thing===
chose {{fr-noun|f}} :: thing
(Old French) chose {{fro-noun|f}} :: thing (miscellaneous object or concept)
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
===things===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: A mass of things that have been subjected to abattage.
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duo (combination of two things)
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
===think===
look {{fr-noun|m}} :: style; appearance; look
Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. :: I think his new look doesn't suit him at all
===third===
gracia :: third-person singular past historic of gracier
rata :: third-person singular past historic form of rater
put (verb form) :: third-person singular past historic of pouvoir.
vomit :: third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
vomit :: third-person singular past historic form of vomir
suit :: third-person singular present indicative form of suivre
close {fr-verb-form} :: first- and third-person singular subjunctive present of clore
(Old French) son {m} (possessive pronoun), feminine: sa, plural: ses :: his/hers/its (third-person singular possessive pronoun)
fit {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative past historic of faire
met (verb form) :: third-person singular indicative present of "mettre", puts
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular indicative present form of rater
rate {fr-verb-form} :: third-person singular subjunctive present form of rater
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
===Third===
percent (verb form) :: Third-person plural present of percer.
===thirteen===
treize (cardinal number) :: thirteen
===this===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là. :: I prefer this cake to that one.
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
(Old French) ci (adverb) :: here (in this place)
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} Object in this substance
(optics) glass :: --
Des verres de lunettes. :: --
lens :: --
des verres grossissants. :: --
glass (drinking vessel) :: --
Un verre en cristal. :: --
its content :: --
On va boire un verre ? :: --
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===This===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
Ceci est du pain de son. :: This bread is done with bran.
anglais {{fr-adj|mp=anglais}} :: English
Il est anglais :: He is English.
Ceci n'est pas un avion anglais. :: This is not an English airplane
===thong===
string {{fr-noun|m}} :: G-string, thong, tanga
===those===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{cooking|plurale tantum}} The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
===thought===
opinion {{fr-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
(Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
===thrashing===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
===thread===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
===three===
{{cardinalbox|fr|2|3|4|deux|quatre|ord=troisième|wplink=Trois}}trois (cardinal number) :: three
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
===through===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going through a place or event.
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. :: Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
===throwing===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
===thumping===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
===Thursday===
jeudi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Thursday (day of the week).
(Old French) jeudi {{fro-noun|m}} :: Thursday
===Tibet===
Tibet {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Tibet
===ticket===
simple {{fr-noun|m}} :: one-way ticket
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: one-way
Un billet simple. :: A one-way ticket.
===tig===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: tag, tig (children’s game)
===tiger===
tigre {{fr-noun|m|f=tigresse}} :: tiger
===tiled===
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: tiled floor
===timber===
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: mahogany tree; also, its timber
===time===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
en {fr-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
date {{fr-noun|f}}{{subst:fr verb form|dater}} :: date (point in time)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. :: He hasn't got a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. :: I haven't got any time.
===times===
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: Which is repeated four times.
Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple. :: --
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: Something that is equal to four times something else.
Je veux le quadruple de la prime normale. :: --
===tinted===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {{context|in phrases}} rosy, rose-tinted
===tired===
las {{fr-adj|f=lasse|mp=las}} :: weary, tired
===title===
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {history} mikado, a former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period
(Old French) baron {{fro-noun|m|barons|ber|baron}} :: lord, baron (title of nobility)
===tobacco===
pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe.
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===toes===
digital {{fr-adj|mp=digitaux}} :: of or pertaining to fingers or toes
===told===
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
===tom===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (male) cat, tom, tomcat
===tomcat===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (male) cat, tom, tomcat
===tongue===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
la langue dans la bouche :: --
the tongue in the mouth :: --
(Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: {anatomy} tongue
(Old French) langue {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
clapper {fr-verb} :: to click (the tongue)
===tool===
drill {{fr-noun|m}} :: drill (tool)
===torus===
tore {{fr-noun|m}} :: {geometry} torus
===total===
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: as a whole, on the whole; total
===touch===
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: touch, hint, note
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} mug, sucker, soft touch
===tournament===
open {{fr-noun|m}} :: open tournament
===towards===
vers {fr-prep} :: towards
===town===
Alençon {fr-proper noun} :: a town in Orne:
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
natal {m} ({f} natale, {m} {p} nataux, {f} {p} natales) :: native
ville natale :: home town
===trace===
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
===tradition===
(Old French) us {{fro-noun|m|us|us|us}} :: tradition or custom
===traditions===
us {m|p} (noun) :: {plurale tantum} customs; traditions
===traffic===
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Belgium} traffic jam
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {uncountable} Circulation, traffic, movement.
===Trail===
trail {{fr-noun|f}} :: Trail running
===train===
former {fr-verb} :: to train; to educate
train {{fr-noun|m}} :: a railroad train
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===trainer===
basket {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Europe} sneakers, trainers (UK)
On y va dès que tout le monde a fini de mettre ses baskets. :: --
===trains===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
===transaction===
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===transfer===
donner {fr-verb} :: To give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
===translated===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===translation===
translation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{mathematics|physics}} translation
===translations===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
===transport===
port {m} (noun) :: transport
===travel===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A trip or travel, especially by boat.
===treatment===
(Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
===treats===
en {fr-prep} :: as
il me traite en ami :: he treats me as a friend
===tree===
pin {{fr-noun|m}} :: pine, pine tree
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
arbre {{fr-noun|m}} :: tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
(Old French) arbre {{fro-noun|m}} :: tree
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: A banana tree, the abaca
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: cashew tree; also, its fruit
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: mahogany tree; also, its timber
===triangle===
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (polygon)
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (percussion instrument)
===trick===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
===trifling===
menu {fr-adj} :: minor, trifling
===trillion===
billion (cardinal number) :: 1012; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
trillion (cardinal number) :: 1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
===trip===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A trip or travel, especially by boat.
===trouble===
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: trouble, difficulty
J'ai du mal à m'imaginer celà. (“I have trouble imagining that.”) :: --
===Troublesome===
plate {fr-adj-mf} :: {{Canada|informal}} Troublesome.
===trousers===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
===trust===
fier {fr-verb} :: {reflexive} to trust (à), to rely (à on)
(Old French) fier (verb) :: {{reflexive|se fier}} to trust (someone, something)
{{quote-book|year=circa 1180,|title=Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette|author=Chrétien de Troyes|passage=Trestuit por lor seignor prioient,
Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient|translation=Soon, they were praying for their master
In him, and in God they put their trust}} :: --
===tryout===
test {{fr-noun|m}} :: a test, a tryout, a review
===tuba===
tuba {{fr-noun|m}} :: tuba
===tune===
accorder {fr-verb} :: {music} To tune, to tune up
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: tune, aria
===tuner===
radio {{fr-noun|f}} :: radio, tuner
===tunneler===
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tunneler
===turn===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
===turquoise===
turquoise {{fr-noun|f}} :: turquoise (gemstone)
turquoise {{fr-noun|m}} :: turquoise (colour)
turquoise (invariable) :: turquoise-colored.
===twelve===
douze (cardinal number) :: twelve
===twenty===
v {{fr-letter|upper=V|lower=v}} :: The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
{{quote-book|year=1837|author=Louis Viardot|title=L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche|url=[s:fr: L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche{!}fr.Wikisource]|original=El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha|by=Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra|section=Volume I, Chapter I|passage=Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.}} :: --
Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself. :: --
===twit===
twit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Quebec|colloquial}} twit (foolish person)
===two===
{{cardinalbox|fr|1|2|3|un|trois|ord=deuxième|wplink=Deux}}deux (cardinal number) :: two
deux {{fr-noun|m|pl=deux}} :: two
(Middle French) deux (noun) {m|inv} :: two
duel {{fr-adj|f=duelle}} :: dual (having two components)
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duo (combination of two things)
duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duet (a musical composition for two performers)
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===twos===
deux {{fr-noun|m|pl=deux}} :: {{context|in plural}} twos
===type===
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: A jargon, zircon type
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
boc {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Norman|_|dialect}} type of horse-drawn carriage
===typical===
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
===typically===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===ugly===
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
laid {fr-adj} :: physically ugly
===uh===
ben {fr-intj} :: well; uh
===UK===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US)
===Ukraine===
Ukraine {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Ukraine
===umbrella===
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
===undercover===
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (undercover agent)
===undergo===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of making something undergo a process.
===understand===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===understood===
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: well understood
===Union===
URSS (abbreviation) {f} :: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
===unit===
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of weight)
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of currency)
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
won {{fr-noun|m}} :: won (unit of currency)
===United===
EU {fr-proper noun} :: {{abbreviation of|États-Unis}} (United States)
===unseasoned===
nature une [[brioche]] '''nature'''{fr-adj-mf} :: plain, unseasoned
Brioche nature ou au sucre? :: --
===unspecified===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
===untruth===
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: lie; untruth
{{quote-book|circa 1250|title=Ci encoumence la desputizons dou croisie et dou descroisie.|author=Rutebeuf|passage=Tu dis si grant abusion
Que nus ne la porroit descrire[.]|translation=You say such lies
That no-one could describe them}} :: --
===unusual===
original {{fr-noun|m}} {m} :: An unusual or eccentric person
===upon===
(Old French) en (preposition) :: on; upon
{{quote-book|year=12th Century|title=Raoul de Cambrai|author=Unknown|passage=qi en la crois fu mis|translation=[He] who was put on the cross}} :: --
===Uruguay===
Uruguay {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Uruguay
===US===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US)
===usage===
usage {{fr-noun|m}} :: usage, use
===use===
usage {{fr-noun|m}} :: usage, use
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
abuser {fr-verb} :: to abuse (use improperly)
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
badger {fr-verb} :: to use an identity badge
Avant de quitter la pièce, il ne faudra pas oublier de badger. :: --
===used===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
en {fr-prep} :: In (used to indicate space).
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
en {fr-prep} :: at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire :: good at history
en {fr-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
en {fr-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
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
en bonne humeur :: in a good mood
Fanny {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}} borrowed from English; also used as a pet form of Stéphanie.
DNA (noun){seeCites} :: Also used figuratively, e.g. 商业 DNA， "corporate DNA"
son {m} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. :: She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} A cord, rope (used to execute criminals by strangulation or hanging)
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
Je lui ai donné le livre. :: I gave the book to him/her.
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
quatre-vingt {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {France} Form of quatre-vingts (eighty) used in compounds (the numbers 81 to 99, larger numbers ending in numbers from 81 to 99, and the ordinal numbers corresponding to any of these numbers).
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) cor {{fro-noun|m}} :: horn (instrument used to produce sound)
===Used===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===useless===
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: nag (old useless horse)
===using===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
zipper {fr-verb} :: {Quebec} to zip up (close using a zip)
===usually===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} meat (usually of bad quality)
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {entomology} A bee, any of a number of members of superfamily Apoidea or the Anthophila (subdivisions of Hymenoptera), usually hairy and important pollinators that generally nourish on nectar
La majorité des abeilles sont solitaires. :: The majority of bees are solitary.
===utmost===
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
===utter===
abjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {literary} Something that is worthy of utter contempt.
===vacances===
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
===vacant===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
===vacuum===
vacuum {{fr-noun|m}} :: vacuum (space containing no matter)
===valiant===
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: brave; valiant
===value===
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: possession; object of value
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (card of value 1).
===valve===
valve {{fr-noun|f}} :: valve
===various===
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: one of the various listed meanings of a word in a dictionary
===vassals===
droit de seigneur {m} (noun) :: the right of the lord. (The right of the first night ius primae noctis i.e. the right of the feudal lord to deflower the maiden bride of one of his vassals).
===ve===
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
===vehicle===
tank {{fr-noun|m}} :: tank (military vehicle)
===Venezuela===
Venezuela {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Venezuela
===Ventripotent===
ventripotent {{fr-adj|m}} :: Ventripotent.
===verb===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
(Middle French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
(Old French) avoir (verb) :: {{context|auxiliary verb}} to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
===verbal===
verbal {{fr-adj-al|verb}} :: verbal
===verbs===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {{context|auxiliary}} to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
j'ai parlé :: I have spoken
===verdict===
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (judgement; verdict)
{{quote-book|year=1532|title=Pantagruel|author=François Rabelais|passage=... puis retourna s'asseoir et commença pronuncer la sentence comme s'ensuyt :|translation=... then went back and sat down and started to give the verdict as follows:}} :: --
===verlan===
verlan {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: verlan
===vernacular===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel.
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===verse===
vers {{fr-noun|m| plural=vers}} :: verse
===version===
VA (initialism) :: {initialism} {film} "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
===vertical===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Extremely steep, near vertical.
horizontal {{fr-adj-al|horizont}} :: Horizontal; perpendicular to the vertical
vertical {{fr-adj|mp=verticaux}} :: vertical
===very===
neuf {{fr-adj|f=neuve}} :: brand new, very new
lit {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lire|3|s|pres|ind}
Jean lit très souvent. :: Jean reads very often.
===Very===
plate {{fr-noun|f}} :: Very small flat boat.
===verz===
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) et (conjunction) :: and
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
===vessel===
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
===vest===
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: A child's vest.
===viable===
viable {fr-adj-mf} :: viable, feasible
===vice===
tare {{fr-noun|f}} :: defect, vice, flaw
===Victoria===
Victoria {fr-proper noun} :: {{given name|female}}, cognate to Victoria.
Victoria {fr-proper noun} :: Victoria ( the queen, the lake )
===Vietnam===
Vietnam {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Vietnam
===viewpoint===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A viewpoint or angle.
===vile===
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
abomination {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
===village===
bled {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|somewhat|_|pejorative}} village
(Middle French) ham {{frm-noun|m}} :: village
===virginity===
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metaphor}} The virginity of a woman.
Jean de la Fontaine, Fables :: --
Il est bon de garder sa fleur ; mais pour l’avoir perdue il ne se faut pas pendre. :: --
It is wise to guard one's blossom, but to have lost it one should not hang. :: --
===visit===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to visit, to go and see)
===visually===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
===vivid===
vif {{fr-adj|f=vive}} :: vivid, bright
===Vivisection===
vivisection {{fr-noun|m|s}} :: Vivisection.
===vocal===
vocal {{fr-adj-al|voc}} :: vocal, related to the voice
===voice===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: voice, spoken word
vocal {{fr-adj-al|voc}} :: vocal, related to the voice
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. :: He could be beaten this evening.
===volume===
volume {{fr-noun|m}} :: volume
===vomir===
vomit :: third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
===vos===
(Old French) ore {{fro-noun|f}} :: time, period of the day (period of time)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: quel haste avez,
Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===Vote===
vote {{fr-noun|m}} :: Vote
===votes===
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===vowel===
bel {fr-adj-form} :: Form of beau to be used before masculine nouns starting with a vowel.
t (prefix) :: A prefix used for a third-person singular pronoun in an interrogative sentence to link the verb that ends in a vowel.
Y a-t-il un endroit instead of Y a il un endroit :: --
===w===
w (letter), uppercase: W :: w
===wagon===
break {{fr-noun|mf}} :: estate car, station wagon
===waist===
rein {{fr-noun|m}} :: {in the plural} small of the back, waist
===wait===
minute {fr-intj} :: wait a sec!
===wall===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be, measure (speaking of measurements)
Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut. :: The wall seems to be higher than two metres.
===waltz===
slow {{fr-noun|m}} :: slow waltz
===want===
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
===war===
homme de guerre (noun) :: a man of war, a military man
civil {fr-adj} :: civil (war, marriage etc.)
===warrant===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (police) warrant
===was===
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
car (conjunction) :: as, since, because, for
J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. :: I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===washing===
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rare} A washing, especially ritual.
===watching===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===water===
(Old French) eve {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|iaue}; water
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {archaic} Arrival or accessibility by water.
===watercraft===
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
(Old French) port {{fro-noun|m|porz|porz|port}} :: port (for watercraft)
===watering===
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A watering hole or place for animals.
===wax===
fart {{fr-noun|m}} :: wax (for skis)
===way===
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: one-way
Un billet simple. :: A one-way ticket.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A laid out way allowing to go across something.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} by, in (describing a way of getting something)
port {m} (noun) :: stature, way of carrying oneself
simple {{fr-noun|m}} :: one-way ticket
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: An access way.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
===We===
on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? :: Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
===wealth===
capital {{fr-noun|m|plural=capitaux}} :: capital (money and wealth)
===weaning===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{medicine|archaic}} The weaning of a child.
===weapon===
(Old French) dart {{fro-noun|m|darz|darz|dart}} :: weapon similar to a javelin
===wear===
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
===wearing===
port {m} (noun) :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry))
===weary===
las {{fr-adj|f=lasse|mp=las}} :: weary, tired
===web===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===wedge===
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: wedge, cornerpiece
===week===
jeudi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Thursday (day of the week).
===weight===
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of weight)
===welcome===
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: The welcome page of a web site, typically index.html, index.htm or index.php
===well===
ben {fr-intj} :: well; uh
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: well
(Old French) bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mielz, miex :: well
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: --
"Oïl, mout m'an sovient il bien.
Seneschaus, savez vos an rien? :: --
Yes, I remember it well
:: --
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
bien entendu {{fr-adv|head=bien entendu}} :: well understood
bien fendu (adjective) :: {idiomatic} well cleft, (or long-legged)
baste pour cela :: Enough of that, all well and good, so be it.
===were===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===west===
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
===what===
aberrance {{fr-noun|f}} :: {statistics} Character of what is aberrant.
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
===wheel===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle
===when===
lui (pronoun) :: him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject.
J'habitais avec lui. :: I was living with him.
C'est lui qui a dit cela. :: It's he who said that.
Lui, il n'en sait rien. :: He doesn't know anything about it.
Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe” (“The Last Class”), :: --
Je crois aussi que je n'avais jamais si bien écouté, et que lui non plus n'avait jamais mis autant de patience à ses explications. :: --
I believe also that I had never listened so well, and that neither had he ever put so much patience into his explanations. :: --
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
Il a souri quand j'ai mis la main entre ses cuisses et je me suis mis à frotter sa grosse bite. :: He smiled when I put my hand between his thighs and started to rub his big stick.
===where===
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} The area on the board where such a move is possible.
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
stud {{fr-noun|m}} :: stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
===Where===
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
===which===
abord {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} The manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter.
y (pronoun), adverbial :: Used as a pronoun to replace à followed by an indirect object. See Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.
parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: any person to which one is related
quelque chose :: something which has has a characteristic of the adjective
quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Straight line that crosses the center of a body and around which it turns; axis.
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle
bien perdu bien connu :: That which is well lost is well known, or what once was lost is prized.
cake {{fr-noun|m}} :: quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert).
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. :: --
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {botany} Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants").
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. :: --
I went to pick a flower in the fields. :: --
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. :: --
He offered me magnificent flowers. :: --
===Which===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: {sciences} Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: Which is repeated four times.
Ils sont entrés dans l'histoire du patinage artistique en exécutant un quadruple salto, une première en couple. :: --
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: {{chiefly|music}} Which is equal to four times, or the fourth power of another value.
En musique, une quadruple croche est égale au huitième (½4) d'une noire. :: --
La Quadruple-Alliance de 1834 était une alliance offensive et défensive formée entre le Royaume-Uni, la France, la Belgique et l'Espagne. :: --
===while===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while (often not translated into English)
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===white===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
===whole===
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: as a whole, on the whole; total
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
===whose===
quadruple {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Scrabble}} A move whose score is multiplied by four.
Ce tirage permettait permettait plusieurs quadruples. :: --
J'ai perdu une douzaine de points sur un difficile "mosaique" en quadruple. :: --
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
===widow===
augment {{fr-noun|m}} :: (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French. :: --
===wife===
femme {{fr-noun|f}} :: wife
(Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: wife
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===wiki===
wiki {{fr-noun|m}} :: wiki
===wild===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: A common honey bee (Apis mellifera); a social insect that carries a stinger and is often domesticated for the production of honey and beeswax
Elle s’est fait piquer par une abeille. :: She was stung by a bee.
Étonnamment, regarder les abeilles butiner me détend. :: Surprisingly, watching bees collect pollen relaxes me.
abeilles sauvages et abeilles domestiques :: wild bees and domesticated bees
essaim d’abeilles :: swarm of bees
===will===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
Il est certain qu'il viendra. :: It is certain that he will arrive.
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: free
Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. :: His action was performed out of his free will
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {intransitive} to have to
Il va avoir à faire les courses. :: He will have to do the shopping.
===wind===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cornet, a wind instrument
===window===
rose {{fr-noun|f}} :: rose window
===wine===
lie {{fr-noun|f}} :: dregs (of wine, of society)
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|of wines}} A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
une verre de vin :: a glass of wine
une portion de frites :: a portion of fries
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound noun}}
jus de pomme :: apple juice
verre de vin :: glass of wine
boite de nuit :: night club
chien de garde :: guard dog
voiture de sport :: sports car
stade de football :: football stadium
===wing===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {humorous} pink, left-wing
===winnings===
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually in plural}} winnings, earnings, takings
===winnowing===
van {{fr-noun|m}} :: a winnowing basket
===wire===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: thread, wire
ne tenir qu'a un fil :: to hang by a thread
ductile {fr-adj-mf} :: ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire).
===wish===
(Old French) talent {{fro-noun|m|talenz|talenz}} :: desire; wish (to do something)
===With===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers {{a|UK}}
Avec un pantalon, j'ai moins froid aux jambes qu'avec un short. :: “With trousers on, my legs are not as cold as with shorts on.”
===withdrawn===
absence {{fr-noun|f}} :: absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).
===within===
abbatial {{fr-noun|m|plural=abbatiaux}} :: The quarters of the abbot and monks within an abbey.
===without===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: honest; without pretense
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
===woman===
femme {{fr-noun|f}} :: woman
(Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: woman (female adult human being)
(Old French) dame {{fro-noun|f}} :: lady; woman
dame {{fr-noun|f}} :: A polite form of address for a woman.
fleur An example of epibolium flowers (''fleurs d’épilobes''){{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|by metaphor}} The virginity of a woman.
Jean de la Fontaine, Fables :: --
Il est bon de garder sa fleur ; mais pour l’avoir perdue il ne se faut pas pendre. :: --
It is wise to guard one's blossom, but to have lost it one should not hang. :: --
===wombat===
wombat {{fr-noun|m}} :: wombat
===won===
won {{fr-noun|m}} :: won (unit of currency)
de {fr-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. :: --
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes. :: The group consists of [from] five to people people.
===wood===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: grain (of wood etc.)
===wooden===
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
about {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|technical}} The extremity of a metallic or wooden element or piece.
===word===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: voice, spoken word
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: promise, word
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
(Old French) parole {{fro-noun|f}} :: word
mot {{fr-noun|m}} :: word
(Middle French) mot {{frm-noun|m}} :: word
(Old French) mot {{fro-noun|m|moz|moz}} :: word
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} A mystical word from kabbalism.
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: one of the various listed meanings of a word in a dictionary
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: The use of this word, notably in Quebec French, in the sense of the English brassiere is an anglicism, and a back-formed false friend.
===words===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
(Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
{{quote-book|year=1552|title=Le Tiers Livre|author=François Rabelais|passage=tant a cause des amphibologies, equivocques, & obscuritez des motz, que de la briefveté des sentences|translation=}} :: --
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson :: words of a song, lyrics of a song
===Works===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===world===
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
===worldly===
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
===worm===
ver {{fr-noun|m}} :: worm
===wormwood===
absinthe {{fr-noun|f}} :: wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
===worthy===
abjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {literary} Something that is worthy of utter contempt.
===Worthy===
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
===would===
de {fr-prep} :: by
boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20% les risques de contracter une maladie. :: drinking three glasses a day would reduce the risk of catching an illness by 20%.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars :: I would like to have 20 dollars
===wrapping===
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===wrestling===
catch {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: wrestling; professional wrestling
===wrinkle===
ride {{fr-noun|f}} :: wrinkle, line (on face etc.)
===writer===
abeille {{fr-noun|f}}A honey bee (''abeille'' 1) collecting pollenA solitary bee (''abeille'' 2) :: {{literature|figuratively}} A writer whose style is considered pure like honey
===written===
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: lampoon (written attack)
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: note (written or spoken)
===wrong===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===wrongs===
absolution {{fr-noun|f}} :: absolution (from sins or wrongs)
===x===
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
===X===
X (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: X-rated
X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X (letter of the Latin alphabet)
===Xylophone===
xylophone {{fr-noun|m|s}} :: Xylophone.
===Yacht===
yacht {{fr-noun|m}} :: Yacht.
===yack===
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
===yak===
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
===year===
an {{fr-noun|m}} :: A year.
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: Graduation from a school year.
===years===
en {fr-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
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 [years old] (Literally, "She has 19 [years]")
===yellow===
jaune {fr-adj-mf} :: yellow
{{usex|Le citron est un fruit jaune.|translation=Lemon is a yellow fruit.}} :: --
jaune {{fr-noun|m}} :: yellow
(Old French) jaune {{fro-noun|m}} :: yellow
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: Blanches et verz, bloes et jaunes
Whites, greens, blues and yellows. :: --
(Old French) jaune {m|f} (adjective) :: yellow
===Yes===
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. :: Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
===yesterday===
hier {fr-adv} :: yesterday
===yet===
or (conjunction) :: yet, however
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
===yew===
if {{fr-noun|m}} :: yew
===yield===
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {finance} gain, yield
===yoga===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {auxiliary} Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of certain verbs (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
===yolk===
jaune {{fr-noun|m}} :: yolk (of egg)
===you===
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
de {fr-prep} :: from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de la France. :: She comes from France.
Vous êtes de la Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage est de l'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.
de {fr-prep} :: {{context|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
Je me suis 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 proposons de venir. :: We suggest you come.
en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of 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 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.
hand {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {informal} handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to understand)
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
pour {fr-prep} :: for
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
===You===
te (pronoun) :: {{context|direct object}} You.
Il te cite souvent.: He often quotes you. :: --
te (pronoun) :: {{context|indirect object}} You.
Il te donne le livre.: He gives you the book. :: --
on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L'Instant D'Après (album), Quand On Cherche L'Amour (song) :: --
Quand on cherche l'amour... :: --
When one searches for love... :: --
On ne peut pas pêcher ici :: You can't fish here
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (trick)
On t'a eu. Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
===Young===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
Les jeunes boivent de l'alcool pour être cool. :: Young people drink alcohol to be cool.
===your===
(Old French) ta {f} (possessive pronoun), masculine: ton, plural: tes :: your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)
accepter {fr-verb} :: {transitive} To accept.
je vais accepter votre offre :: I'm going to accept your offer
il accepte de s'arrêter :: he accepted to stop
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
===Your===
ta {f} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} Your.
===z===
y (letter) :: a letter in the French alphabet, after x and before z
===Zaire===
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
===Zaïre===
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
===zip===
zipper {fr-verb} :: {computing} to zip
zipper {fr-verb} :: {Quebec} to zip up (close using a zip)
===zircon===
jargon {{fr-noun|m}} :: A jargon, zircon type
===zoom===
zoom {{fr-noun|m}} :: zoom (photography)