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-EntrySource: enwiktionary.french 6529
+EntrySource: enwiktionary.french 6700
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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.
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%.
+ 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===
===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
+ Un 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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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.
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.
+ abattoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: slaughterhouse; abattoir
===abattre===
abattis {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abattre|1|s|past historic}
abattis {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|abattre|2|s|past historic}
(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}
+***abime***
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unfathomable depth; an abyss or chasm.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: The bottom of a chasm or valley.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} An infiniteness of thought.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} Hell.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {heraldry} The abyss of the shield.
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}
***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.
+===ablatif===
+ ablative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|ablatif}
***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
+===ablative===
+ ablative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|ablatif}
***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).
+ (Old French) able {m|f} (adjective) :: able; capable
-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
***abreuvoir***
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A watering hole or place for animals.
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|proscribed}} A drinking fountain.
+===abrogatif===
+ abrogative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|abrogatif}
***abrogation***
abrogation {{fr-noun|f}} :: abrogation
+===abrogative===
+ abrogative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|abrogatif}
***abrupt***
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Extremely steep, near vertical.
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Curt and abrupt.
absorption {{fr-noun|f}} :: absorption
***abstention***
abstention {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstention
+===abstersif===
+ abstersive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|abstersif}
+===abstersive===
+ abstersive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|abstersif}
+***abstinence***
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
+ (Middle French) abstinence {{frm-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
***abstinent***
abstinent {{fr-adj|f=abstinente}} :: abstinent
abstinent {{fr-noun|m}} :: abstinent
+ (Middle French) abstinent {frm-adj} :: abstinent
***abstraction***
abstraction {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstraction
***abstruse***
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)
+ accorder {fr-verb} :: {sports} To award (a freek kick)
accordant :: {present participle of|accorder}
***accumulation***
accumulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: accumulation (action of accumulating)
***acre***
acre {{fr-noun|f}} :: {historical} acre
***action***
- action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Action, act.
- action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Campaign.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: action, act
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: campaign
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
- action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: stock, share
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
+ (Middle French) action {{frm-noun|f}} :: action; act
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
+===additif===
+ additive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|additif}
***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)
+===additive===
+ additive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|additif}
===adjectif===
adjective {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|adjectif}
***adjectival***
- adjectival {{fr-adj|mp=adjectivaux}} :: Adjectival
+ adjectival {{fr-adj|mp=adjectivaux}} :: adjectival
===adjective===
adjective {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|adjectif}
===adore===
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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 (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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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.
***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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
***alphabet***
- alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet {{gloss-stub|French}}
+ alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
+ (Middle French) alphabet {{frm-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
***altitude***
altitude {{fr-noun|f}} :: altitude
***ami***
***amoral***
amoral {{fr-adj|mp=amoraux}} :: amoral
===amusé===
- on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
+ on {fr-pron} :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
***amusement***
amusement {{fr-noun|m}} :: amusement
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. :: After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
***arcane***
arcane {fr-adj-mf} :: arcane, secret, mysterious
- arcane {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{especially|in plural}} mysteries, arcanum
+ arcane {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{especially|in the plural}} mysteries, arcanum
***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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===attendre===
attend {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|attendre|3|s|pres|ind}
***attention***
- attention {{fr-noun|f}} :: attention
+ attention {{fr-noun|f}} :: attention {rfgloss}
attention {fr-intj} :: look out, be careful
+===attributif===
+ attributive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|attributif}
+===attributive===
+ attributive {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|attributif}
===au===
y (pronoun), adverbial :: there (to there)
Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. :: “We are going to Mexico. We are going there.”
===avec===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers (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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
***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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part of something)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (safe place)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base, basis (fundamental belief)
+ (Old French) base {{fro-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part; supporting part)
***basin***
basin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|textiles|historical}} bombasine
***basket***
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===
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
+***beer***
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {transitive} to open
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {intransitive} to open
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {{context|especially}} to pant; to breathe heavily
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {figuratively} to desire; to lust for
***beige***
beige {fr-adj-mf} :: beige
***bel***
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
simple {fr-adj-mf} :: one-way
Un billet simple. :: A one-way ticket.
***billion***
- billion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
***bio***
bio {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {colloquial} biological
bio {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {ecology} organic
***bit***
bit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} bit
***bite***
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
***black***
black {{fr-noun|mf}} :: black person
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
***bled***
bled {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|somewhat|_|pejorative}} village
-===blond===
+***blond***
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
+ blond {fr-adj} :: {informal} naïve
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: the colour blond; a golden-brown
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: someone with blond hair
blonde {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|blond}.
***blonde***
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: blonde, female with blonde hair
===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}
+===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%.
===bois===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
-===boite===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|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
+===boîte===
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===boivent===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
***bore***
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)
+***boy***
+ boy {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|now|_|historical|offensive}} boy (non-white male servant)
+ 1930, {{w|André Malraux}}, La Voie royale: :: --
+ Claude allait l'ouvrir mais le ton sur lequel le délégué appelait son boy lui fit lever la tête : l'auto attendait, bleue sous l'ampoule de la porte; le boy, qui s'était écarté – en voyant arriver le délégué sans doute – se rapprochait, hésitant. :: --
***brassière***
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: A child's vest.
brassière {{fr-noun|f}} :: (Maritime): A life jacket.
***bridge***
bridge {{fr-noun|m|pl=-}} :: {card games} bridge
***brief***
+ (Middle French) brief {{frm-adj|briefve|briefs|briefves}} :: brief; short
(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) bruit {{fro-noun|m|bruiz|bruiz|bruit}} :: noise; sounds
***brusque***
brusque {fr-adj-mf} :: abrupt (sudden or hasty)
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|1|s|pres|ind}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|3|s|pres|ind}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|1|s|pres|sub}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|3|s|pres|sub}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|2|s|imp}
+===brusquer===
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|1|s|pres|ind}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|3|s|pres|ind}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|1|s|pres|sub}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|3|s|pres|sub}
+ brusque {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|brusquer|2|s|imp}
===bu===
qui a bu boira (phrase) :: who has drunk will drink again
***bug***
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
+***business***
+ business {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: business, firm, company
+ business {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: business, affairs
***businessman***
businessman {{fr-noun|m|plural=businessmen}} :: businessman
***but***
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
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.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: stock, share
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
***capture***
capture {{fr-noun|f}} :: capture
capture {{fr-noun|f}} :: a catch, a take
***car***
+ car {{fr-noun|m}} :: 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
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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
***CE***
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
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|pl2=chatz}} :: cat (animal)
+ (Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|f=chatte|pl2=chatz}} :: cat (animal)
(Old French) chat {{fro-noun|m}} :: cat (animal)
===cherchons===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
as {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|avoir|2|s|pres|ind}
Tu as un chien. :: You have a dog.
===chocolat===
===chocolate===
chocolate {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|chocolat}
***choir***
- choir {{fr-verb|type=defective}} (past participle chu) :: {archaic} to fall
+ choir {{fr-verb|type=defective}} (past participle chu) :: {literary} to fall
***chose***
chose {{fr-noun|f}} :: thing
- (Middle French) chose {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: thing
+ (Middle French) chose {{frm-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 a characteristic of the adjective
- quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
+ quelque chose {fr-pronoun} (abbreviated as: qqch) :: something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
+ Elle sourit et dit quelque chose à un homme en manches de chemise qui l’avait suivie. :: --
+ She smiled and said something to a man in shirtsleeves, who had followed her. :: --
+ Ensuite, j’ai le vague souvenir de quelque chose de long et de sombre, avec des yeux flamboyants, juste comme nous l’avons vu l’autre soir dans le soleil couchant, tandis que j’avais l’impression d’être entourée de douceur et d’amertume tout ensemble. :: --
+ Then I have a vague memory of something long and dark, with flashing eyes, just like we saw the other day in the sun, while I had the impression of being surrounded by sweetness and bitterness all together. :: --
+ (Middle French) quelque chose (pronoun) :: something
===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.
(Old French) ci (adverb) :: here (in this place)
-***cinq***
- {{cardinalbox|fr|4|5|6|quatre|six|ord=cinquième|wplink=Cinq}}cinq {m|inv} (noun) :: five
- (Middle French) cinq (noun) {m|inv} :: five
+===cinq===
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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.
***claque***
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: slap
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Quebec} overshoe
- claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
+ claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sports} 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}} :: 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). :: --
+===clore===
+ close {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|clore|1|s|pres|sub}
+ close {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|clore|3|s|pres|sub}
***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
+ close {fr-verb form} :: {{feminine past participle|clore}}
+ close {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|clore|1|s|pres|sub}
+ close {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|clore|3|s|pres|sub}
***coin***
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: wedge, cornerpiece
coin {{fr-noun|m}} :: corner
***colon***
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: colonist, colonizer
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
+ colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
***color***
(Old French) color {{fro-noun|f}} :: color, colour
(Old French) colour {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|color}
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
+===comic===
+ manga {{fr-noun|m}} :: A manga (a Japanese comic )
***commission***
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
+===comparatif===
+ comparative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|comparatif}
+===comparative===
+ comparative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|comparatif}
***computer***
computer {fr-verb} :: {{context|old}} to compute
===Condé===
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
+===condense===
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|1|s|pres|ind}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|3|s|pres|ind}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|1|s|pres|sub}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|3|s|pres|sub}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|2|s|imp}
+===condenser===
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|1|s|pres|ind}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|3|s|pres|ind}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|1|s|pres|sub}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|3|s|pres|sub}
+ condense {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|condenser|2|s|imp}
***condition***
condition {{fr-noun|f}} :: condition
en bonne condition :: In good condition
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
***continent***
continent {{fr-noun|m}} :: continent
+ (Middle French) continent {{frm-adj|mp=continens}} :: continent (exercising restraint)
===continue===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
===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%.
+ 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}
***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}} :: (paper) cone
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: post horn
+ 2000, {{w|Jean-François Parot}}, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 17: :: --
+ Il tenait à la main gauche un cornet semblable à celui dont usaient les postillons ; en cas de péril, l'alarme serait donnée au patron qui tenait la barre à l'arrière. :: --
+ In his left hand he held a horn like those used by post riders; in case of danger, the alarm would be given to the owner who was at the forward rail. :: --
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {musical instruments} cornet; cornet stop (on organ)
cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: portable inkhorn
- cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: leather container from throwing dice in certain games
***correct***
correct {fr-adj} :: correct
===Costa===
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: cruel
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: hard, painful
***cry***
- (Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: cry; shout
+ (Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m}} :: 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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
{{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
+ 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 vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
+ C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
+ Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
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
***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
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
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} :: {{n-g|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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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%.
+ 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?
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
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
***definition***
- (Middle French) definition {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: definition {{stub-gloss|frm}}
+ (Middle French) definition {{frm-noun|f}} :: definition {{stub-gloss|frm}}
***del***
(Old French) del (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
===dents===
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
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.
+===deux===
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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}
***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
+ (Middle French) dictionnaire {{frm-noun|m}} :: dictionary
===Dieu===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a man of God, a godly man
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a minister
diminutive {f} :: {feminine of|diminutif}
===diminutive===
diminutive {f} :: {feminine of|diminutif}
+===dissociatif===
+ dissociative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|dissociatif}
+===dissociative===
+ dissociative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|dissociatif}
***distance***
distance {{fr-noun|f}} :: distance
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|1|s|pres|ind}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|3|s|pres|ind}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|1|s|pres|sub}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|1|s|pres|sub}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|2|s|imp}
+===distancer===
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|1|s|pres|ind}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|3|s|pres|ind}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|1|s|pres|sub}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|1|s|pres|sub}
+ distance {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distancer|2|s|imp}
+===distend===
+ distend {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distendre|3|s|pres|ind}
+===distendre===
+ distend {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|distendre|3|s|pres|ind}
***distinct***
distinct {fr-adj} :: distinct
distinct {fr-adj} :: discrete
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A distribution
distribution {{fr-noun|f}} :: A physical arrangement, spacing
===dit===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
***do***
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: A dodo bird
-===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
+ 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.
===donné===
- lui (pronoun) :: Him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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.
===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***
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)
(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}
(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.
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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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)
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
***eloquence***
(Middle French) eloquence {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: eloquence (quality of being eloquent)
===embêter===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
bien entendu {fr-adv} :: well understood
bien entendu {fr-adv} :: of course, obviously
===entre===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
===épicentre===
provenance {{fr-noun|f}} :: provenance, origin
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===est===
- on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
+ on {fr-pron} :: {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.”
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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 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. :: --
===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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
***être***
***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***
(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. :: --
+***faction***
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: act of keeping watch
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: a watchman
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {politics} a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
===facto===
de facto {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: de facto
de facto {{fr-adv|inv=yes}} :: de facto
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)
+***far***
+ far {{fr-noun|m}} :: A traditional Breton cake
***fart***
fart {{fr-noun|m}} :: wax (for skis)
===Faso===
***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)
+ (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f}} :: wife
+ (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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.
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 on (à)
- (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,<br>Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient|translation=Soon, they were praying for their master<br>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}} :: 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}} :: A line of objects placed one after the other.
file {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Belgium} traffic jam
===final===
finale {fr-adj-form} :: {feminine of|final}
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
***force***
force {{fr-noun|f}} :: force.
(Old French) force {{fro-noun|f}} :: strength; might
fortune {{fr-noun|f}} :: fortune
faire une fortune :: make a fortune
faire fortune :: make a fortune
+ (Middle French) fortune {{frm-noun|f}} :: fortune (fate, chance)
***four***
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: oven
four {{fr-noun|m}} :: stove
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===franche===
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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
===froid===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers (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.”
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===frotter===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
***full***
full {{fr-noun|m}} :: {poker} full house
===fumer===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually in plural}} winnings, earnings, takings
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {finance} gain, yield
===garde===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===gateau===
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
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}
+***generation***
+ (Middle French) generation {{frm-noun|f}} :: generation (procreation; begetting)
===George===
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
***gp***
gp (abbreviation) :: glycoprotéine
+===gra===
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
***gracia***
gracia :: third-person singular past historic of gracier
***gracias***
gracias :: second-person singular past historic of gracier
===grande===
grande parure {{fr-noun|f|pl=grandes parures}} :: full dress
-***grandiloquent***
- grandiloquent {fr-adj} :: grandiloquent
***gratuit***
gratuit {fr-adj} :: free of charge
gratuit {fr-adj} :: gratuitous, for no reason
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
***Guatemala***
Guatemala {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Guatemala
===guerre===
***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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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***
===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***
(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
+ horizontal {{fr-adj-al|horizont}} :: horizontal
***hospital***
hospital {{fr-noun|m|pl=hospitaux}} :: {{obsolete spelling of|hôpital}}
(Middle French) hospital {{frm-noun|m|pl=hospitaulx}} :: hospital (medical)
+ (Old French) hospital {{fro-noun|m|hospitaus|hospitaus}} :: hospital (medical)
+ (Old French) hospital (adjective) :: hospitable; welcoming
***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
+ house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house (genre of music)
+===huit===
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===humeur===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse :: in distress
***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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
***image***
image {{fr-noun|f}} :: picture, image
image {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|TV|film}} frame
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: sight (something which one sees)
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (pictorial representation)
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (mental or imagined representation)
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (likeness)
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}
***incorrigible***
incorrigible {fr-adj-mf} :: incorrigible
incorrigible {{fr-noun|m}} :: An incorrigible
+ (Old French) incorrigible {m|f} (adjective) :: unpunished
+ Pource que nous ne vouloiens mie que telz fais demourast incorrigibles ... :: --
+ Because we don't want such deeds to go unpunished :: --
***index***
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: index
index {{fr-noun|m|plural=index}} :: forefinger
***instrumental***
instrumental {{fr-adj|mp=instrumentaux}} :: instrumental
instrumental {{fr-noun|m|pl=instrumentaux}} :: {grammar} the instrumental case
+***interest***
+ (Middle French) interest {{frm-noun|m}} :: interest (great attention and concern from someone or something)
***interjection***
interjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {grammar} interjection
+ (Old French) interjection {{fro-noun|f}} :: exclamation
===intuitif===
intuitive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|intuitif}
===intuitive===
***invariable***
invariable {fr-adj-mf} :: invariable
***Iqaluit***
- Iqaluit {fr-proper-noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
+ Iqaluit {fr-proper noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
***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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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 (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.”
===J===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
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 (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.”
en 1993 :: in 1993
en janvier :: in January
en septembre 2001 :: in September 2001
+===Japanese===
+ manga {{fr-noun|m}} :: A manga (a Japanese comic )
***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
+ (Old French) jargon {{fro-noun|m}} :: talk; chatter; conversation; talking
***jaune***
jaune {fr-adj-mf} :: yellow
{{usex|Le citron est un fruit jaune.|translation=Lemon is a yellow fruit.}} :: --
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
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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}
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%.
+ 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
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (planet)
Jupiter {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Jupiter (god)
===jus===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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***
===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
+ Un 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***
koala {{fr-noun|m}} :: koala
===Kong===
Hong Kong {fr-proper noun} :: Hong Kong
+===Kuala===
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (federal territory in Malaysia)
===la===
la Réunion {f} (proper noun) :: Réunion
===La===
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)
+ (Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m}} :: language (style of communicating)
(Old French) language {{fro-noun|f}} :: language (style of communicating)
***langue***
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
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
+ (Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
+ (Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f}} :: language
(Old French) langue {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
(Old French) langue {{fro-noun|f}} :: language
pseudo- (prefix) :: pseudo-
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
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%.
+ 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
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.
+***let***
+ let {fr-intj} :: {tennis} {{non-gloss definition|indicates a let on service}}
===lettres===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
===Levant===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
+***liberal***
+ (Old French) liberal {m} (adjective) :: appropriate for a free person
+ (Old French) liberal {m} (adjective) :: generous; giving
***libre***
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, at liberty
Un homme libre. :: A free man.
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
***lie***
lie {{fr-noun|f}} :: dregs (of wine, of society)
+ (Old French) lie {{fro-noun|f}} :: dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
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}
+ (Old French) lies {f|p} (noun form) :: {nominative plural|lie}
+ (Old French) lies {f|p} (noun form) :: {oblique plural|lie}
***liège***
liège {{fr-noun|m}} :: cork (substance)
===lier===
===lies===
lies {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lier|2|s|pres|ind}
lies {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|lier|2|s|pres|sub}
+ (Old French) lies {f|p} (noun form) :: {nominative plural|lie}
+ (Old French) lies {f|p} (noun form) :: {oblique plural|lie}
***lifting***
lifting {{fr-noun|m}} :: facelift
===lire===
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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.)
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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}
+===Lumpur===
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (federal territory in Malaysia)
***Luxembourg***
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (Grand Duchy)
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (province)
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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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.
===main===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
(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%.
+ 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 {{fr-noun|m}} :: postal order, money order
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {legal} power of attorney, proxy
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (police) warrant
+***manga***
+ manga {{fr-noun|m}} :: A manga (a Japanese comic )
***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}
===Martin===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
masque {{fr-noun|m}} :: mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
***massacre***
massacre {{fr-noun|m}} :: massacre
+ (Middle French) massacre {{frm-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}
***massage***
- massage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A physical massage
+ massage {{fr-noun|m}} :: physical massage
***massé***
massé {{fr-noun|m}} :: {billiards} massé
massé {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|masser}
masser {fr-verb} :: to massage
massé {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|masser}
***masseur***
- masseur {{fr-noun|m|f=masseuse}} :: masseur
+ masseur {{fr-noun|m|f=masseuse}} :: {massage} masseur
masseuse {f} (noun) :: {feminine of|masseur}
===masseuse===
masseuse {f} (noun) :: {feminine of|masseur}
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
***masturbation***
masturbation {{fr-noun|f}} :: masturbation
+ (Middle French) masturbation {f} (noun), plural not attested :: masturbation
+ {{quote-book|passage=La premiere façon est parmy nous abominable, la nature reclamant en apparence contre cette deception de nerfs, appellée masturbation.|page=114|URL=http://books.google.fr/books?id=He9IAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=masturbation&source=bl&ots=zdf4Dp7OP0&sig=bbpfHN9Ty0UTXXbNIoT7-5T9q58&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=lnxDUNyKMOaj0QXWrIDIDw&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=masturbation&f=false|author=François de La Mothe Le Vaye|title=Quatre Dialogues Faits A L'Imitation Des Anciens|year=1506}} :: --
***matador***
matador {{fr-noun|m}} :: matador
***matelot***
***me***
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|direct object}} me
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|indirect object}} to me
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
===mea===
mea culpa (interjection) :: mea culpa
***medicine***
- (Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
+ (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
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} any emperor of Japan
mikado {{fr-noun|m}} :: mikado (game of skill)
***million***
- million (cardinal number) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
+ million (numeral) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
***mine***
mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: mine (excavation or explosive)
+ mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: pencil lead
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}
***minute***
minute {{fr-noun|f}} :: minute
minute {fr-intj} :: wait a sec!
+ (Old French) minute {{fro-noun|f}} :: minute (one sixtieth of an hour)
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|1|s|pres|ind}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|3|s|pres|ind}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|1|s|pres|sub}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|1|s|pres|sub}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|2|s|imp}
+===minuter===
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|1|s|pres|ind}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|3|s|pres|ind}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|1|s|pres|sub}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|1|s|pres|sub}
+ minute {fr-verb form} :: {conjugation of|minuter|2|s|imp}
===mis===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
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.”
***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
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.
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
***nature***
nature {{fr-noun|f}} :: nature
nature une [[brioche]] '''nature'''{fr-adj-mf} :: plain, unseasoned
- Brioche nature ou au sucre? :: --
- (Middle French) nature {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: nature
+ Une brioche nature ou sucrée ? :: --
+ File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait. :: --
+ (Middle French) nature {{frm-noun|f}} :: nature
***nazi***
nazi {fr-adj} :: Nazi
nazi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Nazi
natal {{fr-adj|mpl=nataux|fpl=natales}} :: native
ville natale :: home town
===ne===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ (Old French) point (adverb) :: {{context|with ne}} not (indicates negation)
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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===
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
+***neutron***
+ neutron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {particles} neutron
***nickel***
nickel {m} (noun) :: nickel (metal)
nickel {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {slang} spotless
(Old French) nuit {{fro-noun|f|nuiz|nuit|nuiz}} :: {alternative form of|noit}
===nom===
(Old French) non {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|nom}
+===nominatif===
+ nominative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|nominatif}
+===nominative===
+ nominative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|nominatif}
***non***
non {fr-adv} :: no
non :: not
(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}} :: bill (UK, US), 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}
===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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
===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
-===nove===
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|1|s|pres|ind}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|3|s|pres|ind}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|1|s|pres|sub}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|1|s|pres|sub}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|2|s|imp}
-===nover===
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|1|s|pres|ind}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|3|s|pres|ind}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|1|s|pres|sub}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|1|s|pres|sub}
- nove {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|nover|2|s|imp}
***nu***
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|person}} naked, nude
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|body, tree}} bare
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===nul===
c :: {text messaging} {Informal spelling|c'est}
C nul ici sans George :: It's rubbish here without George
observateur {{fr-noun|m|f=observatrice}} :: observer
***observation***
observation {{fr-noun|f}} :: observation
+***occupation***
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (the occupying of a territory)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (act of occupying; of being an occupant)
===ochre===
ochre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ochrer|1|s|pres|ind}
ochre {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|ochrer|3|s|pres|ind}
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
+===oil===
+ (Old French) oil {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|ueil}
***olive***
olive {{fr-noun|f}} :: olive
+ (Old French) olive {m|f} (noun) :: olive tree
+ (Old French) olive {{fro-noun|f}} :: olive
===om===
(Old French) om {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|hom}
+***OMC***
+ OMC {fr-initialism} :: {{initialism of|Organisation mondiale du commerce}} (WTO (World Trade Organisation))
***omelette***
omelette {{fr-noun|f}} :: omelette
***on***
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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 {fr-pron} :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
===On===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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 {fr-pron} :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
hand {{fr-noun|m|pl=-}} :: handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir ? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
***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)
+ (Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
***or***
or {{fr-noun|m}} :: gold
or {fr-adv} :: {obsolete} now, presently
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===Oui===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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)
===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
Pakistan {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Pakistan
***palace***
palace {{fr-noun|m}} :: luxury hotel
+===pale===
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
***Palestine***
Palestine {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Palestine
***palpable***
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%.
+ 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%.
***Paraguay***
Paraguay {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Paraguay
===parapluie===
***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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
***parent***
- parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: parent, one’s father or mother
- parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: any person to which one is related
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: relative, relation, family member
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.1.iv: :: --
+ Une de ses parentes éloignées, madame la comtesse de Lô, laissait rarement échapper une occasion d'énumérer en sa présence ce qu'elle appelait «les espérances» de ses trois fils. :: --
+ One of his distant relatives, the countess of Lô, rarely missed an opportunity to list, in his presence, what she called her "hopes" for her three sons. :: --
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: {in plural} ancestors
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: {in plural} parents
(Middle French) parent {{frm-noun|m|pl=parens}} :: parent
(Old French) parent {{fro-noun|m|parenz|parenz|parent}} :: parent
parent {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|parer|3|p|pres|ind}
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===parle===
===parure===
grande parure {{fr-noun|f|pl=grandes parures}} :: full dress
===pas===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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.
***pavement***
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: paving
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: tiled floor
+ (Old French) pavement {{fro-noun|m|pavemenz|pavemenz}} :: a paved room
===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.
+===paʼlé===
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
===pêcher===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
***Perth***
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Australia)
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Scotland)
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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
piano {{fr-noun|m}} :: piano
***pie***
pie {{fr-noun|f}} :: Magpie.
+ (Old French) pie {{fro-noun|f}} :: magpie
pies (plural) {f|p} :: {plural of|pie}
***piece***
- (Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: piece, bit, part
+ (Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
***pin***
pin {{fr-noun|m}} :: pine, pine tree
***pipe***
- pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe.
- pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {vulgar} fellatio.
+ pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe
+ pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {vulgar} fellatio
Faire une pipe. :: --
Tailler une pipe. :: --
+ pipe {{fr-noun|m}} :: the pipe symbol (|)
***pizza***
pizza {{fr-noun|f}} :: pizza
===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.}} :: --
+ {{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.
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat metal disk
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat plate of armor
plate {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|plat}
===pleine===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
===poindre===
point {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|poindre}
point {fr-past participle} :: {conjugation of|poindre|3|s|pres|ind}
+ (Old French) point :: {past participle of|poindre}
***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
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: a sting; a prick
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: moment; time
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: {{context|on a die}} dot
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: small amount
+ (Old French) point (adverb) :: a little
+ (Old French) point (adverb) :: {{context|with ne}} not (indicates negation)
point {fr-past participle} :: {past participle of|poindre}
point {fr-past participle} :: {conjugation of|poindre|3|s|pres|ind}
+ (Old French) point :: {past participle of|poindre}
***poire***
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: pear
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} mug, sucker, soft touch
(Old French) poison {{fro-noun|f}} :: potion
***pollution***
pollution {{fr-noun|f}} :: pollution
+***polygonal***
+ polygonal {{fr-adj|mp=polygonaux}} :: polygonal
***pomme***
pomme {{fr-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
(Old French) pomme {{fro-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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
+ Un 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===
===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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
***positron***
- positron {{fr-noun|m}} :: positron
+ positron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {particles} 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
+ (Old French) potable {m|f} (adjective) :: potable
***potassium***
potassium {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: potassium
***pour***
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.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: campaign
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
***pronominal***
pronominal {{fr-adj|mp=pronominaux}} :: pronominal
===proposons===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
(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
+ proton {m} (noun) :: {particles} proton
***provenance***
provenance {{fr-noun|f}} :: provenance, origin
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
***putter***
putter {{fr-noun|m}} :: putter (golf club)
putter {fr-verb} :: {golf} to putt
+***pyramidal***
+ pyramidal {{fr-adj|mp=pyramidaux}} :: pyramidal
===qqun===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
***quadrant***
quadrant {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadrant
***quadrillion***
- quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; 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 :: {Ordinary second-person singular imperative present|quadrupler}
***quadruplet***
quadruplet {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
+===qualitatif===
+ qualitative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|qualitatif}
+===qualitative===
+ qualitative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|qualitatif}
===quand===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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===
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}} :: eighty, 80.
===que===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
(Old French) ke (pronoun) :: {alternative form of|que}
(Old French) ke (conjunction) :: {alternative form of|que}
===quelque===
- quelque chose :: something, abbreviated as: qqch.
- quelque chose :: something which has a characteristic of the adjective
- quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
+ quelque chose {fr-pronoun} (abbreviated as: qqch) :: something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
+ Elle sourit et dit quelque chose à un homme en manches de chemise qui l’avait suivie. :: --
+ She smiled and said something to a man in shirtsleeves, who had followed her. :: --
+ Ensuite, j’ai le vague souvenir de quelque chose de long et de sombre, avec des yeux flamboyants, juste comme nous l’avons vu l’autre soir dans le soleil couchant, tandis que j’avais l’impression d’être entourée de douceur et d’amertume tout ensemble. :: --
+ Then I have a vague memory of something long and dark, with flashing eyes, just like we saw the other day in the sun, while I had the impression of being surrounded by sweetness and bitterness all together. :: --
+ (Middle French) quelque chose (pronoun) :: something
===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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
+ (Middle French) race {{frm-noun|f}} :: race; breed
+ {{quote-book|year=1595|title=Essais, book II, chapter 11|author=Michel de Montaigne|passage=Je le doy plus à ma fortune qu’à ma raison : Elle m’a faict naistre d’une race fameuse en preud’hommie, et d’un tres-bon pere|translation=I owe more to my luck than to my intelligence. It was luck that meant I was born into a race famous for it's gentlemanliness, and to a very good father}} :: --
***radar***
radar {{fr-noun|m}} :: radar
***radio***
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%.
-***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
+ 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%.
***religion***
religion {{fr-noun|f}} :: religion
+ (Middle French) religion {{frm-noun|f}} :: religion
(Old French) religion {{fro-noun|f}} :: religion
***remake***
remake {{fr-noun|m}} :: {film} remake
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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***
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%.
+ 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***
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***
***Rwanda***
Rwanda {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Rwanda
===s===
- on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
+ on {fr-pron} :: {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
===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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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***
El Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador
***san***
san {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: san (Greek letter)
+ (Old French) san {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|sens}
***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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
(Old French) set (verb form) :: {Third-person singular present indicative|savoir}
***science***
science {{fr-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
+ (Middle French) science {{frm-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
+ (Middle French) science {{frm-noun|f}} :: knowledge
===se===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
***secret***
secret {{fr-adj|f=secrète}} :: secret
secret {{fr-noun|m}} :: secret
+ (Middle French) secret {frm-adj} :: 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.
+===sens===
+ (Old French) san {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|sens}
===sent===
sent (verb form) :: {third-person singular indicative present|sentir}
***sentence***
- (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (judgement; verdict)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===Serbie===
Serbie-et-Monténégro (proper noun) :: Serbia and Montenegro
***servant***
servant {{fr-noun|m|f=servante}} :: servant
+ (Old French) servant (adjective) :: that serves; that fulfils a role
+ (Old French) servant {{fro-noun|m|servanz|servanz}} :: servant (one who serves)
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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 (numeral) :: 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
***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. :: --
+***sleeping***
+ sleeping {{fr-noun|m}} :: sleeping car
***slow***
slow {{fr-noun|m}} :: slow waltz
***soccer***
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.
***son***
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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
+ squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} {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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
***standard***
standard {fr-adj} :: standard
***star***
subjective {f} :: {feminine of|subjectif}
===subjective===
subjective {f} :: {feminine of|subjectif}
+***subpoena***
+ subpoena {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|US}} subpoena
***substance***
substance {{fr-noun|f}} :: substance
+ (Old French) substance {{fro-noun|f}} :: most essential; substantial part
+ (Old French) substance {{fro-noun|f}} :: existence
===substantif===
substantive {{fr-adj-form|f}} :: {feminine of|substantif}
===substantive===
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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
***suit***
suit :: third-person singular present indicative form of suivre
===suite===
tout de suite {{fr-adv|sg=tout de suite}} :: {idiomatic} immediately, right away
+===superlatif===
+ superlative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|superlatif}
+===superlative===
+ superlative {fr-adj-form} {f} :: {feminine|superlatif}
===sur===
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
***Sydney***
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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 (to trick)
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===
***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%.
+ 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
+ (Old French) taupe {{fro-noun|f}} :: mole (mammal)
***te***
- te (pronoun) :: {{context|direct object}} You.
+ te {fr-pron} :: {{context|direct object}} You.
Il te cite souvent.: He often quotes you. :: --
- te (pronoun) :: {{context|indirect object}} You.
+ te {fr-pron} :: {{context|indirect object}} You.
Il te donne le livre.: He gives you the book. :: --
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
pour {fr-prep} :: to
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. :: I want to sing to make you come back.
+===té===
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
===temps===
de (article) :: {negative} a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. :: She hasn't got a mother.
***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)
===TGV===
orange {m|f|inv} (adjective) :: orange
Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. :: The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
***throne***
- (Middle French) throne {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: throne
+ (Middle French) throne {{frm-noun|m}} :: throne
***Tibet***
Tibet {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Tibet
===tient===
il tient parole :: he keeps his word
***tigre***
tigre {{fr-noun|m|f=tigresse}} :: tiger
+ (Middle French) tigre {{frm-noun|m}} :: tiger
***tin***
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
+***to***
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
+===To===
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
+***TOC***
+ TOC {fr-initialism} :: {{initialism of|trouble obsessionnel compulsif|Trouble obsessionnel compulsif}}
===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===
***tout***
tout {fr-adj} :: all
tout {fr-adv} :: all
- tout (pronoun) :: everything
+ tout {fr-pron} :: 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
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===traite===
===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.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
***trillion***
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
-***trois***
- {{cardinalbox|fr|2|3|4|deux|quatre|ord=troisième|wplink=Trois}}trois (cardinal number) :: three
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+===trois===
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.
+ 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-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
***turquoise***
turquoise {{fr-noun|f}} :: turquoise (gemstone)
turquoise {{fr-noun|m}} :: turquoise (colour)
- turquoise (adjective) {inv} :: turquoise-colored.
+ turquoise (adjective) {inv} :: turquoise-colored
***twit***
twit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Quebec|colloquial}} twit (foolish person)
-===typique===
- quelque chose :: something which has a characteristic of the adjective
- quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
+===ueil===
+ (Old French) oil {{fro-noun|m}} :: {alternative form of|ueil}
***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.
+ de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
+ 5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
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%.
+ 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
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.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: campaign
une action promotionnelle :: a promotional campaign
- action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
+ 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
===Une===
+ de {fr-prep} :: of (indicates an amount)
+ 5 kilos de pommes. :: 5 kilograms of apples.
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
important {fr-adj} :: significant
Une partie importante des votes :: A significant part of the votes.
===unir===
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
hand {{fr-noun|m|pl=-}} :: handball
valve {{fr-noun|f}} :: valve
***van***
van {{fr-noun|m}} :: a winnowing basket
+===vapeur===
+ (Old French) vapor {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|vapeur}
+===vapor===
+ (Old French) vapor {{fro-noun|f}} :: {alternative form of|vapeur}
***Venezuela***
Venezuela {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Venezuela
===venir===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir ? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
***ventripotent***
ventripotent {{fr-adj|m}} :: ventripotent
-===veoir===
- (Middle French) void (verb form) :: {third-person singular indicative present form|veoir}
***ver***
ver {{fr-noun|m}} :: worm
vers {m|p} :: {plural of|ver}
+===verai===
+ (Old French) voir {m} (adjective) :: {alternative form of|verai}
***verbal***
verbal {{fr-adj-al|verb}} :: verbal
***verlan***
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} :: {{n-g|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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
verres {m|p} :: {plural of|verre}
===verres===
verres {m|p} :: {plural of|verre}
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
===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} :: {{n-g|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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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}} :: --
***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
-===void===
- (Middle French) void (verb form) :: {third-person singular indicative present form|veoir}
+ vocal {{fr-adj|mp=vocaux}} :: vocal, related to the voice
+ (Old French) vocal {m} (adjective) :: vocal (relating to a voice or voices)
===voie===
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
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)
+ (Old French) voir {m} (adjective) :: {alternative form of|verai}
===vois===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (visually)
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
Elle est la femme de mon ami. :: She's my friend's wife.
le voisin de Gabriel :: Gabriel's neighbor
===voiture===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
+===volatil===
+ volatile {fr-adj-mf} :: {feminine of|volatil}
+***volatile***
+ volatile {fr-adj-mf} :: flying, volant
+ volatile {{fr-noun|m}} :: fowl, bird
+ volatile {fr-adj-mf} :: {feminine of|volatil}
===vole===
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|1|s|pres|ind}
vole {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|voler|3|s|pres|ind}
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
+ (Old French) volume {m|f} (noun) :: volume, specifically a collection of written works
===vomir===
vomit :: third-person singular past historic form of vomir
***vomit***
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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
***X***
X (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: X-rated
X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X (letter of the Latin alphabet)
+ X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X-frame stool
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.3.i: :: --
+ La duchesse de Duras lisait à trois ou quatre amis, dans son boudoir meublé d’X en satin bleu ciel [...]. :: --
+ The Duchess de Duras was reading to two or three friends, in a boudoir furnished with X-frame stools in sky-blue satin. :: --
***xylophone***
xylophone {{fr-noun|m|s}} :: Xylophone.
***y***
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
===Y===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===1===
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (card of value 1)
===10===
- billion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
- million (cardinal number) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ million (numeral) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
- quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
- jaguar {{fr-noun|mf}} :: {{context|masculine}} Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
===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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===12===
- billion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
===18===
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; 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.
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%.
+ 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 janvier :: in January
en septembre 2001 :: in September 2001
===24===
- quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
===3rd===
lama (verb form) :: 3rd person singular simple past lamer
===4===
===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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
===6===
- million (cardinal number) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
+ million (numeral) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
===80===
quatre vingts {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: eighty, 80.
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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}} :: --
abandon {{fr-noun|m}} :: abandonment
===abatis===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {military} An abatis.
+===abattoir===
+ abattoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: slaughterhouse; abattoir
===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===
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} ablation
ablation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sciences} ablation
===able===
+ (Old French) able {m|f} (adjective) :: able; capable
-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.
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
absorber {fr-verb} :: to absorb
===absorption===
absorption {{fr-noun|f}} :: absorption
+===abstaining===
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
+ (Middle French) abstinence {{frm-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
+===abstinence===
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
+ (Middle French) abstinence {{frm-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
===abstinent===
abstinent {{fr-adj|f=abstinente}} :: abstinent
abstinent {{fr-noun|m}} :: abstinent
+ (Middle French) abstinent {frm-adj} :: abstinent
===abstraction===
abstraction {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstraction
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
===abstrus===
abstruse (adjective) :: feminine inflection of abstrus
===abuse===
(Old French) abusion {{fro-noun|f}} :: abuse
===abusif===
abusive {f} :: Feminine singular form of abusif
+===abyss===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unfathomable depth; an abyss or chasm.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {heraldry} The abyss of the shield.
===abyssal===
abyssal {{fr-adj-al|abyss}} :: abyssal
===acacia===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: accent, manner or tone of speech
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: {linguistics} an accent symbol
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: {linguistics} accent, stress
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
===accenting===
accentuation {{fr-noun|f}} :: stressing, accenting
===accept===
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
===acidification===
acidification {{fr-noun|f}} :: acidification.
+===acme===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
===acolyte===
acolyte {{fr-noun|m}} :: {religion} acolyte
===acquittal===
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|s}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: action, act
+ (Middle French) action {{frm-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)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
+ (Middle French) abstinence {{frm-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
(Middle French) election {{frm-noun|f}} :: election (act or process of being elected to an office)
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: act of keeping watch
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (act of occupying; of being an occupant)
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===
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: action, act
+ (Middle French) action {{frm-noun|f}} :: action; act
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===
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 a characteristic of the adjective
- quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
+===adjectival===
+ adjectival {{fr-adj|mp=adjectivaux}} :: adjectival
===adulation===
adulation {{fr-noun|f}} :: adulation
===adult===
- (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: woman (female adult human being)
+ (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
+===affair===
+ business {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: business, affairs
===affectionately===
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
===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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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.
+ file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of objects 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
+===age===
+ avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
+ Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 years old.
===aged===
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 years old.
===Alburnus===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===alcohol===
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===alongside===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
===alphabet===
- alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet {{gloss-stub|French}}
+ alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
+ (Middle French) alphabet {{frm-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
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. :: --
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
===amoral===
amoral {{fr-adj|mp=amoraux}} :: amoral
===amount===
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: small 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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
===amusement===
amusement {{fr-noun|m}} :: amusement
===An===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {astronomy} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {optics} An aberration.
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: {physiology} An aberration or mutation.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unfathomable depth; an abyss or chasm.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} An infiniteness of thought.
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
are {{fr-noun|m}} :: An are.
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An imprinted box on a page.
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.
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===anatomy===
face {{fr-noun|f}} :: face (anatomy)
+===ancestor===
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: {in plural} ancestors
===andante===
andante {fr-adv} :: {music} andante
andante {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} andante
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
+ animal {{fr-adj-al|anim}} :: 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)
alligator {{fr-noun|m}} :: alligator (animal)
- (Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|s|f=chatte|pl2=chatz}} :: cat (animal)
+ (Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|f=chatte|pl2=chatz}} :: cat (animal)
(Old French) chat {{fro-noun|m}} :: cat (animal)
===animals===
abreuvoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A watering hole or place for animals.
===annotation===
annotation {{fr-noun|f}} :: annotation
===annoying===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.}} :: --
+ {{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===
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}} :: --
===anything===
- 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
===apple===
pomme {{fr-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
(Old French) pomme {{fro-noun|f}} :: apple (fruit)
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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
+ Un 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
+===appropriate===
+ (Old French) liberal {m} (adjective) :: appropriate for a free person
===apt===
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
===arcane===
arcane {fr-adj-mf} :: arcane, secret, mysterious
===arcanum===
- arcane {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{especially|in plural}} mysteries, arcanum
+ arcane {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{especially|in the plural}} mysteries, arcanum
===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}} :: --
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.”
===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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: tune, aria
===arithmetic===
addition {{fr-noun|f}} :: addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
+===armor===
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat plate of armor
===army===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{military|uncountable}} The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.
===around===
arrogant {fr-adj} :: arrogant
===art===
art {{fr-noun|m}} :: art (something pleasing to the mind)
+ bronze {{fr-noun|m}} :: bronze (metal, work of art)
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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===
===attempting===
but {{fr-noun|m}} :: goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
===attention===
- attention {{fr-noun|f}} :: attention
+ attention {{fr-noun|f}} :: attention {rfgloss}
+ (Middle French) interest {{frm-noun|m}} :: interest (great attention and concern from someone or something)
===attibutive===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: peasant, pauper (attibutive)
===attorney===
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===
+ Sydney {fr-proper noun} :: Sydney (in Australia)
Perth {fr-proper noun} :: Perth (in Australia)
===authority===
abjurer {fr-verb} :: {obsolete} To reject by oath someone's authority.
===avoid===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===award===
- accorder {fr-verb} :: {sport} To award (a freek kick)
+ accorder {fr-verb} :: {sports} 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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
===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.
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part of something)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (safe place)
base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base, basis (fundamental belief)
+ (Old French) base {{fro-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part; supporting part)
===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.}} :: --
===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.
===became===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche<sup>fr.Wikisource</sup>, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===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.
+===begetting===
+ (Middle French) generation {{frm-noun|f}} :: generation (procreation; begetting)
===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<br>Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
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.
+ base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base, basis (fundamental belief)
===Belize===
Belize {fr-proper noun} :: Belize
===belonging===
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
===between===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
===bicycle===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: frame (of a bicycle)
===big===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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)
+ note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK, US), check (US)
===billion===
- billion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
===biography===
bio {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} biography
===biological===
===biologie===
bio {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} biologie
===bird===
+ volatile {{fr-noun|m}} :: fowl, bird
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: A dodo bird
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{cooking|plurale tantum}} The offal or giblets, especially those of a bird.
cardinal {{fr-noun|m|pl=cardinaux}} :: cardinal (bird)
bi (adjective) {m|f|inv} :: bi, bisexual
===bit===
bit {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} bit
- (Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: piece, bit, part
+ (Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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. :: --
Whites and greens, blues and yellows. :: --
===blond===
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: {by extension} blond(e) color
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: the colour blond; a golden-brown
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: someone with blond hair
===blonde===
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: blonde, female with blonde hair
===blood===
(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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===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.}} :: --
+ {{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===
gaffer {fr-verb} :: to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up
===Botswana===
Botswana {fr-proper noun} :: Botswana
+===bottom===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: The bottom of a chasm or valley.
+ base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part of something)
+ (Old French) base {{fro-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part; supporting part)
===boulevard===
boulevard {{fr-noun|m}} :: boulevard
===boundary===
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
+===boy===
+ boy {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|now|_|historical|offensive}} boy (non-white male servant)
+ 1930, {{w|André Malraux}}, La Voie royale: :: --
+ Claude allait l'ouvrir mais le ton sur lequel le délégué appelait son boy lui fit lever la tête : l'auto attendait, bleue sous l'ampoule de la porte; le boy, qui s'était écarté – en voyant arriver le délégué sans doute – se rapprochait, hésitant. :: --
===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<br>Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
===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===
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.
+===breathe===
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {{context|especially}} to pant; to breathe heavily
===breed===
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: {zoology} breed
+ (Middle French) race {{frm-noun|f}} :: race; breed
+ {{quote-book|year=1595|title=Essais, book II, chapter 11|author=Michel de Montaigne|passage=Je le doy plus à ma fortune qu’à ma raison : Elle m’a faict naistre d’une race fameuse en preud’hommie, et d’un tres-bon pere|translation=I owe more to my luck than to my intelligence. It was luck that meant I was born into a race famous for it's gentlemanliness, and to a very good father}} :: --
+===Breton===
+ far {{fr-noun|m}} :: A traditional Breton cake
===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|pl=-}} :: {card games} bridge
===brief===
+ (Middle French) brief {{frm-adj|briefve|briefs|briefves}} :: brief; short
(Old French) brief {m} (adjective), feminine: brieve :: brief; short in length
===brig===
brick {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} A brig, a two-masted vessel type.
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===
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)
+===brown===
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: the colour blond; a golden-brown
===brush===
important {fr-adj} :: important
Il est important de se brosser les dents. :: It is important to brush your teeth.
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)
===burst===
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
+===business===
+ business {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: business, firm, company
+ business {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: business, affairs
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {military} cadre
===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).
+ far {{fr-noun|m}} :: A traditional Breton cake
ci (adverb)Contracts ici or ceci :: this
cet homme-ci :: this man
Ces choses-ci :: these things
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.
+ 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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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
- Iqaluit {fr-proper-noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
+ Iqaluit {fr-proper noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
===Canadian===
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Canada} Canadian football
===Canadiens===
===cannabis===
shit {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: {slang} hash (cannabis)
===capable===
+ (Old French) able {m|f} (adjective) :: able; 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-adj|mp=capitaux}} :: capital (important)
La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980. :: --
Monaco {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Monaco (capital)
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche<sup>fr.Wikisource</sup>, 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 .... :: --
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.
===Capital===
- Iqaluit {fr-proper-noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
+ Iqaluit {fr-proper noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
===capitalisation===
- action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: stock, share
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
===capture===
capture {{fr-noun|f}} :: capture
===car===
+ car {{fr-noun|m}} :: car
break {{fr-noun|mf}} :: estate car, station wagon
+ sleeping {{fr-noun|m}} :: sleeping car
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus :: go by bus
partir en voiture :: leave by car
===cat===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: cat (feline)
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: (male) cat, tom, tomcat
- (Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|s|f=chatte|pl2=chatz}} :: cat (animal)
+ (Middle French) chat {{frm-noun|m|f=chatte|pl2=chatz}} :: 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.
===catch===
capture {{fr-noun|f}} :: a catch, a take
===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%.
+ 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.
+===causes===
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {politics} a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
===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, :: --
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.
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===
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===chance===
chance {{fr-noun|f}} :: chance
+ (Middle French) fortune {{frm-noun|f}} :: fortune (fate, chance)
===channel===
canal {{fr-noun|m|plural=canaux}} :: channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
===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 a characteristic of the adjective
- quelque chose de typique :: Something typical
===charge===
gratuit {fr-adj} :: free of charge
===charged===
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: a Carthusian monastery, a charterhouse
===chartreuse===
chartreuse {{fr-noun|f}} :: chartreuse (liqueur)
+===chasm===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unfathomable depth; an abyss or chasm.
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: The bottom of a chasm or valley.
===chat===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: {Internet} chat (online discussion)
+===chatter===
+ (Old French) jargon {{fro-noun|m}} :: talk; chatter; conversation; talking
===cheating===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while
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)
+ note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK, US), 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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===chief===
{{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
+===classification===
+ race {{fr-noun|f}} :: race (classification)
===clause===
infinitive {f} (noun) :: infinitive clause (=proposition infinitive)
===clear===
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
+===climax===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
===close===
zipper {fr-verb} :: {Quebec} to zip up (close using a zip)
===clothing===
===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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===clue===
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: clue, indication
===coach===
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
===cock===
chien {{fr-noun|m|s|chienne}} :: cock, hammer (of a firearm)
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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===
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.
+===collection===
+ (Old French) volume {m|f} (noun) :: volume, specifically a collection of written works
===collects===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase
+===colonat===
+ colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
===colonie===
colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: camper (child in a colonie de vacances)
===colonist===
(Old French) vert {m|f} (adjective) :: green, of a green color
cardinal {m|inv} (noun) :: cardinal (color)
===colored===
- turquoise (adjective) {inv} :: turquoise-colored.
+ turquoise (adjective) {inv} :: turquoise-colored
===coloring===
pigment {{fr-noun|m}} :: pigment, coloring substance
===colors===
(Old French) color {{fro-noun|f}} :: color, colour
violet (noun) :: purple (colour)
turquoise {{fr-noun|m}} :: turquoise (colour)
-===combination===
- duo {{fr-noun|m}} :: duo (combination of two things)
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: the colour blond; a golden-brown
===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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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|m|pl=-}} :: handball
On va jouer au hand, tu veux venir ? :: We're going to play handball, you want to come?
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===Commission===
===common===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: A vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette).
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: (less common) American football
-===commonly===
- gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
===communicating===
- (Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: language (style of communicating)
+ (Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m}} :: 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)
+===company===
+ business {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: business, firm, company
===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)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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)
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.
bug {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A bug (a problem, especially in computing)
===concept===
(Old French) chose {{fro-noun|f}} :: thing (miscellaneous object or concept)
+===concern===
+ (Middle French) interest {{frm-noun|m}} :: interest (great attention and concern from someone or something)
===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
(Middle French) condition {{frm-noun|f}} :: condition (state, quality)
+ avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be (speaking of condition)
+ J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
+ J'ai froid. :: I'm cold.
===cone===
- cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (paper) cone
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
===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.
-===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.
+===considered===
+ alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
+ (Middle French) alphabet {{frm-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
===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)
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: context, parameters
===continent===
continent {{fr-noun|m}} :: continent
+ (Middle French) continent {{frm-adj|mp=continens}} :: continent (exercising restraint)
===continues===
provenance {{fr-noun|f}} :: provenance, origin
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
(Old French) du (contraction) :: contraction of de + le (of the)
===control===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: console, control panel
+===conversation===
+ (Old French) jargon {{fro-noun|m}} :: talk; chatter; conversation; talking
===cool===
cool (adjective) {m|f} :: cool (only its informal senses, mainly fashionable)
Les jeunes sont cool. :: Young people are cool.
cool {fr-intj} :: cool! great!
===cord===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} cord, rope; halter (hangman's rope)
-===core===
- cœur {{fr-noun|m}} :: {physics} the core of a nuclear reactor
===cork===
liège {{fr-noun|m}} :: cork (substance)
===corn===
===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
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {musical instruments} cornet; cornet stop (on organ)
===correct===
correct {fr-adj} :: correct
===corresponding===
(Old French) France {{fro-proper noun|f}} :: France (country)
Burundi {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Burundi (country)
Cuba {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Cuba (country)
+ Niger {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Niger (country)
Salvador {fr-proper noun} :: El Salvador (country in Central America)
===courage===
courage {{fr-noun|m}} :: courage
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
+===cream===
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
===creature===
être {{fr-noun|m}} :: being, creature
===crime===
===crumb===
bribe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {obsolete} crumb (of bread)
===cry===
- (Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: cry; shout
+ (Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m}} :: cry; shout
===Cuba===
Cuba {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Cuba (country)
===cube===
accolade {{fr-noun|f}} :: curly bracket (brace)
===currency===
livre {{fr-noun|f}} :: pound (unit of currency)
+ euro {{fr-noun|m}} :: euro (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)
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%.
+ 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===
(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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
===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
+ claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sports} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
===definition===
- (Middle French) definition {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: definition {{stub-gloss|frm}}
+ (Middle French) definition {{frm-noun|f}} :: definition {{stub-gloss|frm}}
===definitions===
dictionnaire {{fr-noun|m}} :: dictionary: a list of words, usually alphabetically, usually with definitions or translations
===deflower===
livrer {fr-verb} :: to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
===Democratic===
Zaïre {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, la République du Zaïre
+===depth===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unfathomable depth; an abyss or chasm.
===des===
URSS (abbreviation) {f} :: Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: (+ de, des, du) a lot of
===describing===
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} by, in (describing a way of getting something)
===desire===
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {figuratively} to desire; to lust for
(Old French) talent {{fro-noun|m|talenz|talenz}} :: desire; wish (to do something)
===desk===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: pupil's desk, school desk
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
===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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
+ (Middle French) dictionnaire {{frm-noun|m}} :: dictionary
===difference===
(Old French) difference {{fro-noun|f}} :: difference
===difficulty===
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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)
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat metal disk
===distance===
distance {{fr-noun|f}} :: distance
===distinct===
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
===do===
(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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===dodo===
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: A dodo bird
===does===
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
as {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|avoir|2|s|pres|ind}
Tu as un chien. :: You have a dog.
===dojo===
dojo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {martial arts} dojo
-===Dollar===
- dollar {{fr-noun|m}} :: Dollar
+===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.
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.
+===dot===
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: {{context|on a die}} dot
===draw===
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
===dream===
rêver {fr-verb} :: To dream.
===dregs===
lie {{fr-noun|f}} :: dregs (of wine, of society)
+ (Old French) lie {{fro-noun|f}} :: dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
===dress===
habit {{fr-noun|m}} :: article of clothing, garment, dress-coat, evening dress, tails, full dress
grande parure {{fr-noun|f|pl=grandes parures}} :: full dress
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.
+ (Old French) lie {{fro-noun|f}} :: dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+===Drinking===
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%.
+ 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===
river {fr-verb} :: to drive/set a rivet
===drop===
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
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===
===e===
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: {by extension} blond(e) color
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===
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.
===egg===
jaune {{fr-noun|m}} :: yolk (of egg)
===eight===
- {{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 :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===eighty===
quatre vingts {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: 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).
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
===eloquence===
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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
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===
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.
+===essential===
+ (Old French) substance {{fro-noun|f}} :: most essential; substantial part
===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<br>Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
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)
+ (Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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.
===event===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The act of going through a place or event.
===everything===
- tout (pronoun) :: everything
+ tout {fr-pron} :: everything
===evil===
mal {{fr-noun|m|pl=maux}} :: evil
(Old French) mal {{fro-noun|m|maus|maus|mal}} :: evil
abominable {fr-adj-mf} :: Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.
===exchange===
change {{fr-noun|m}} :: exchange
+===exclamation===
+ (Old French) interjection {{fro-noun|f}} :: exclamation
===executive===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: An executive.
+===exercising===
+ (Middle French) continent {{frm-adj|mp=continens}} :: continent (exercising restraint)
===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
+ (Old French) substance {{fro-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)
lifting {{fr-noun|m}} :: facelift
===fact===
aberration {{fr-noun|f}} :: Something, such as an idea or fact, that is aberrant; an aberration.
+===faction===
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {politics} a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
===facto===
de facto {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: de facto
de facto {{fr-adv|inv=yes}} :: de facto
pseudo- (prefix) :: pseudo-
pseudo-langue :: fake language
===fall===
- choir {{fr-verb|type=defective}} (past participle chu) :: {archaic} to fall
+ choir {{fr-verb|type=defective}} (past participle chu) :: {literary} 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
+===family===
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: relative, relation, family member
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.1.iv: :: --
+ Une de ses parentes éloignées, madame la comtesse de Lô, laissait rarement échapper une occasion d'énumérer en sa présence ce qu'elle appelait «les espérances» de ses trois fils. :: --
+ One of his distant relatives, the countess of Lô, rarely missed an opportunity to list, in his presence, what she called her "hopes" for her three sons. :: --
===famine===
famine {{fr-noun|f}} :: famine
===famous===
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
+===fate===
+ (Middle French) fortune {{frm-noun|f}} :: fortune (fate, chance)
===Faux===
faux-ami {{fr-noun|m|sg=faux-ami}} :: Faux ami, false friend.
===Fear===
Ne craignez point :: Fear not
===feasible===
viable {fr-adj-mf} :: viable, feasible
+===federal===
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (federal territory in Malaysia)
===fee===
commission {{fr-noun|f}} :: Commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction).
===feelings===
===feline===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: cat (feline)
===fellatio===
- pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: {vulgar} 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)
+ (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f}} :: woman (female adult human being)
===feminine===
abstruse (adjective) :: feminine inflection of abstrus
- close {fr-verb-form} :: feminine of clos
===Feminine===
abrasive {f} :: Feminine singular form of abrasif
abusive {f} :: Feminine singular form of abusif
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
+ (Middle French) science {{frm-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
===fifth===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: {music} sol, the fifth step in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la.
===filling===
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)
+===firm===
+ business {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: business, firm, company
===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
===fiscal===
fiscal {{fr-adj|mp=fiscaux}} :: fiscal, financial
===fish===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
===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) :: 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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===fixed===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (fixed, determined)
===flame===
flash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {juggling} flash
===flat===
plate {{fr-noun|f}} :: Very small flat boat.
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat metal disk
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat plate of armor
===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===
cousin {{fr-noun|m}} :: crane fly
===flyer===
tract {{fr-noun|m}} :: flyer, circular. pamphlet
+===flying===
+ volatile {fr-adj-mf} :: flying, volant
===foire===
FAQ {{fr-noun-inv|f}} :: FAQ (foire aux questions)
===followed===
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===force===
force {{fr-noun|f}} :: force.
===forceful===
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
+ (Middle French) fortune {{frm-noun|f}} :: fortune (fate, chance)
===forwardly===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===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 (½<sup>4</sup>) 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}} :: {{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 (½<sup>4</sup>) 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. :: --
+===fowl===
+ volatile {{fr-noun|m}} :: fowl, bird
===frame===
+ X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X-frame stool
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.3.i: :: --
+ La duchesse de Duras lisait à trois ou quatre amis, dans son boudoir meublé d’X en satin bleu ciel [...]. :: --
+ The Duchess de Duras was reading to two or three friends, in a boudoir furnished with X-frame stools in sky-blue satin. :: --
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
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===Franconian===
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
+ (Old French) liberal {m} (adjective) :: appropriate for a free person
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
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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)
+ accorder {fr-verb} :: {sports} To award (a freek kick)
===french===
pommes frites {f} (noun), :: french fries; chips
===French===
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)
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
+ Un 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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===fruit===
fruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: fruit
(Old French) fruit {{fro-noun|m|fruiz|fruiz}} :: fruit
===fu===
(Old French) ermine {{fro-noun|f}} :: ermine (fabric)
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
+===fulfils===
+ (Old French) servant (adjective) :: that serves; that fulfils a role
===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
franc {{fr-adj|feminine=franche}} :: full
4 jours francs :: 4 full days
===fun===
- on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
+ on {fr-pron} :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
+===fundamental===
+ base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base, basis (fundamental belief)
===furniture===
angle {{fr-noun|m}} :: A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc.
===g===
g :: {physics} g
- cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: cone-shaped paper, used as wrapping, e.g. for tobacco
===G===
string {{fr-noun|m}} :: G-string, thong, tanga
===Gabon===
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
===garage===
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: garage, lock-up (for a car)
===garden===
===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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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)
+===generation===
+ (Middle French) generation {{frm-noun|f}} :: generation (procreation; begetting)
===generic===
former {fr-verb} :: to form (generic sense)
+===generous===
+ (Old French) liberal {m} (adjective) :: generous; giving
+===genre===
+ house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house (genre of music)
===genus===
able {{fr-noun|m}} :: {rare} A vernacular name of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae).
===geographical===
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
+===giving===
+ (Old French) liberal {m} (adjective) :: generous; giving
===glass===
verre {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually|uncountable}} glass (substance)
Verre de couleur. :: --
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} :: {{n-g|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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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%.
+ 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===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===going===
(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.
+===golden===
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: the colour blond; a golden-brown
===golf===
putter {{fr-noun|m}} :: putter (golf club)
===gone===
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<br>Ne voloit de l'autrui avoir.|translation=Not clothing, nor money, nor other possessions<br>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)
===grain===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: grain (of wood etc.)
===grammatically===
- (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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===
===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!
+ (Middle French) interest {{frm-noun|m}} :: interest (great attention and concern from someone or something)
===Greek===
nu {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: nu (Greek letter)
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: pi (Greek letter)
===ground===
sol {{fr-noun|m}} :: ground
===group===
+ alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
+ (Middle French) alphabet {{frm-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a 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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===guard===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===Guatemala===
Guatemala {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Guatemala
===guillotine===
===habitat===
habitat {{fr-noun|m}} :: habitat
===had===
- on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
+ on {fr-pron} :: {informal} We.
On s'est amusé :: We had fun
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. :: You've been had.
===hair===
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: someone with blond hair
blonde {{fr-noun|f}} :: blonde, female with blonde hair
===halter===
hart {{fr-noun|f}} :: {archaic} cord, rope; halter (hangman's rope)
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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|m|pl=-}} :: handball
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 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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)
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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}
===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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
===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)
+===heavily===
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {{context|especially}} to pant; to breathe heavily
===heavy===
- claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
+ claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sports} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
+===Hell===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} Hell.
===helping===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
===hemp===
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: hitchhiking
===hobby===
hobby {{fr-noun|m|pl=hobbies}} (alternative plural hobbys) :: hobby (activity)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
===hockey===
CH {fr-proper noun} {m|p} :: {Canada} the hockey club, les Canadiens de Montréal.
===holding===
honnorable :: honorable
===hoop===
panier {{fr-noun|m}} :: basketball hoop
-===Horizontal===
- horizontal {{fr-adj-al|horizont}} :: Horizontal; perpendicular to the vertical
+===horizontal===
+ horizontal {{fr-adj-al|horizont}} :: horizontal
===hormonal===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
+===horn===
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: post horn
+ 2000, {{w|Jean-François Parot}}, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 17: :: --
+ Il tenait à la main gauche un cornet semblable à celui dont usaient les postillons ; en cas de péril, l'alarme serait donnée au patron qui tenait la barre à l'arrière. :: --
+ In his left hand he held a horn like those used by post riders; in case of danger, the alarm would be given to the owner who was at the forward rail. :: --
===horse===
dada {{fr-noun|m}} :: {childish} horse
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: horse
box (noun), plural: boxes, or: box :: stall (for a horse), loose box
===horsepower===
cheval {{fr-noun|m|plural=chevaux}} :: horsepower
+===hospitable===
+ (Old French) hospital (adjective) :: hospitable; welcoming
===hospital===
(Middle French) hospital {{frm-noun|m|pl=hospitaulx}} :: hospital (medical)
+ (Old French) hospital {{fro-noun|m|hospitaus|hospitaus}} :: hospital (medical)
===hotel===
palace {{fr-noun|m}} :: luxury hotel
===hounds===
meute {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} pack (of hounds)
+===hour===
+ (Old French) minute {{fro-noun|f}} :: minute (one sixtieth of an hour)
===house===
- house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house
+ house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house (genre of music)
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===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)
+ (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f}} :: woman (female adult human being)
===hungry===
avoir faim (phrase) :: to be hungry
J'ai faim. :: I'm hungry.
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)
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
===iceberg===
iceberg {{fr-noun|m}} :: iceberg
===idea===
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%.
+ 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
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (pictorial representation)
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (mental or imagined representation)
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (likeness)
+===imagined===
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (mental or imagined representation)
===imbalance===
ablactation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {medicine} Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
===imbecile===
===indeed===
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: indeed
===indefinite===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
- (Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine oblique singular indefinite article)
- (Old French) un (article) :: a, an (masculine nominative plural indefinite article)
+ quelque chose {fr-pronoun} (abbreviated as: qqch) :: something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
+ Elle sourit et dit quelque chose à un homme en manches de chemise qui l’avait suivie. :: --
+ She smiled and said something to a man in shirtsleeves, who had followed her. :: --
+ Ensuite, j’ai le vague souvenir de quelque chose de long et de sombre, avec des yeux flamboyants, juste comme nous l’avons vu l’autre soir dans le soleil couchant, tandis que j’avais l’impression d’être entourée de douceur et d’amertume tout ensemble. :: --
+ Then I have a vague memory of something long and dark, with flashing eyes, just like we saw the other day in the sun, while I had the impression of being surrounded by sweetness and bitterness all together. :: --
+===indeterminate===
+ quelque chose {fr-pronoun} (abbreviated as: qqch) :: something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
+ Elle sourit et dit quelque chose à un homme en manches de chemise qui l’avait suivie. :: --
+ She smiled and said something to a man in shirtsleeves, who had followed her. :: --
+ Ensuite, j’ai le vague souvenir de quelque chose de long et de sombre, avec des yeux flamboyants, juste comme nous l’avons vu l’autre soir dans le soleil couchant, tandis que j’avais l’impression d’être entourée de douceur et d’amertume tout ensemble. :: --
+ Then I have a vague memory of something long and dark, with flashing eyes, just like we saw the other day in the sun, while I had the impression of being surrounded by sweetness and bitterness all together. :: --
===index===
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: {finance} index
indice {{fr-noun|m}} :: {computing} 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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ (Old French) point (adverb) :: {{context|with ne}} not (indicates negation)
===indicating===
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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
+===infiniteness===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} An infiniteness of thought.
===infinitive===
infinitive {f} (noun) :: infinitive clause (=proposition infinitive)
===inflation===
(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
===instrumental===
instrumental {{fr-adj|mp=instrumentaux}} :: instrumental
instrumental {{fr-noun|m|pl=instrumentaux}} :: {grammar} the instrumental case
===intelligence===
IA {f} :: (intelligence artificielle) AI
+===interest===
+ (Middle French) interest {{frm-noun|m}} :: interest (great attention and concern from someone or something)
===interjection===
interjection {{fr-noun|f}} :: {grammar} interjection
===interrogative===
===invariable===
invariable {fr-adj-mf} :: invariable
===Iqaluit===
- Iqaluit {fr-proper-noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
+ Iqaluit {fr-proper noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
===Iran===
Iran {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Iran
===Is===
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
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===
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)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
===joint===
article {{fr-noun|m}} :: joint, articulation
===Jordan===
===jubilant===
jubilant {fr-adj} :: jubilant
===judgement===
- (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: sentence (judgement; verdict)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: {historical} A mystical word from kabbalism.
===kanji===
kanji {{fr-noun|m}} :: kanji
+===keeping===
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: act of keeping watch
===keeps===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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)
+ accorder {fr-verb} :: {sports} To award (a freek kick)
===kid===
gone {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|Lyon|_|dialect}} kid (child)
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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
===kilometre===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} A kilometre.
===kind===
===knitting===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|knitting}} A knitting course.
===knob===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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. :: --
+===knowledge===
+ (Middle French) science {{frm-noun|f}} :: knowledge
===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
+===Kuala===
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (federal territory in Malaysia)
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
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===
===landowner===
baron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {dated} baron, lord, noble landowner
===language===
- (Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: language (style of communicating)
+ (Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m}} :: 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
+ (Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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
(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. :: --
+===lead===
+ mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: pencil lead
===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}} :: {reflexive} to leave; to absent oneself
en {fr-prep} :: by (used to indicate means)
revenue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {hunting} The action of game leaving the forest to graze
===left===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {humorous} pink, left-wing
+===leftovers===
+ (Old French) lie {{fro-noun|f}} :: dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
===leg===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {informal} mush, face
en pleine poire :: "straight in the face"
football {{fr-noun|m}} :: (less common) American football
===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)
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. :: --
===letters===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
+ alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
+ (Middle French) alphabet {{frm-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
===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,<br />Qui a tel ore vos levez?
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.
+===likeness===
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (likeness)
===limb===
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {{dated|slang|usually|plurale tantum}} The limbs.
===limits===
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.
+ file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of objects 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
pays du Soleil Levant :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun.
===literary===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
+===little===
+ (Old French) point (adverb) :: a little
===live===
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to indicate space)
J'habite en Angleterre. :: I live in England.
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
===log===
loch {{fr-noun|m}} :: {nautical} a log
===long===
- billion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; 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) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; 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
===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
+===Lumpur===
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (federal territory in Malaysia)
+===lust===
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {figuratively} to desire; to lust for
===Luxembourg===
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (Grand Duchy)
Luxembourg {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Luxembourg (province)
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.}} :: --
+ {{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===
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.
une fourchette en métal :: a fork made of metal/a metal fork
===magical===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
+===magpie===
+ (Old French) pie {{fro-noun|f}} :: magpie
===Magpie===
pie {{fr-noun|f}} :: Magpie.
===mahogany===
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.
+===Malaysia===
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (federal territory in Malaysia)
===male===
ami {{fr-noun|m|f=amie}} :: male friend
latin {{fr-noun|m}} :: {countable} a male of South American or Mediterranean origins
+ boy {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|now|_|historical|offensive}} boy (non-white male servant)
+ 1930, {{w|André Malraux}}, La Voie royale: :: --
+ Claude allait l'ouvrir mais le ton sur lequel le délégué appelait son boy lui fit lever la tête : l'auto attendait, bleue sous l'ampoule de la porte; le boy, qui s'était écarté – en voyant arriver le délégué sans doute – se rapprochait, hésitant. :: --
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)
===mammal===
(Middle French) ours {{frm-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: bear (mammal)
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (burrowing mammal)
+ (Old French) taupe {{fro-noun|f}} :: mole (mammal)
===man===
homme de lettres (noun) :: man of letters, a literary man
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
===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, manner or tone of speech
-===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
mark {{fr-noun|m}} :: mark (currency)
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: point (small mark)
+ point {{fr-noun|m}} :: full stop, period (punctuation 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
+ (Middle French) massacre {{frm-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
+ massage {{fr-noun|m}} :: physical massage
masser {fr-verb} :: to massage
===massé===
massé {{fr-noun|m}} :: {billiards} massé
===masseur===
- masseur {{fr-noun|m|f=masseuse}} :: masseur
+ masseur {{fr-noun|m|f=masseuse}} :: {massage} 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
+ (Middle French) masturbation {f} (noun), plural not attested :: masturbation
+ {{quote-book|passage=La premiere façon est parmy nous abominable, la nature reclamant en apparence contre cette deception de nerfs, appellée masturbation.|page=114|URL=http://books.google.fr/books?id=He9IAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=masturbation&source=bl&ots=zdf4Dp7OP0&sig=bbpfHN9Ty0UTXXbNIoT7-5T9q58&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=lnxDUNyKMOaj0QXWrIDIDw&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=masturbation&f=false|author=François de La Mothe Le Vaye|title=Quatre Dialogues Faits A L'Imitation Des Anciens|year=1506}} :: --
===matador===
matador {{fr-noun|m}} :: matador
===material===
===me===
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|direct object}} me
me (pronoun), personal, objective case :: {{context|indirect object}} to me
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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|s}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
+ (Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
(Middle French) hospital {{frm-noun|m|pl=hospitaulx}} :: hospital (medical)
+ (Old French) hospital {{fro-noun|m|hospitaus|hospitaus}} :: hospital (medical)
===medicine===
- (Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
+ (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
===member===
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: relative, relation, family member
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.1.iv: :: --
+ Une de ses parentes éloignées, madame la comtesse de Lô, laissait rarement échapper une occasion d'énumérer en sa présence ce qu'elle appelait «les espérances» de ses trois fils. :: --
+ One of his distant relatives, the countess of Lô, rarely missed an opportunity to list, in his presence, what she called her "hopes" for her three sons. :: --
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
===mental===
mental {{fr-adj|mp=mentaux}} :: mental (relating to the mind)
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (mental or imagined representation)
===mentioned===
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
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)
+ nickel {m} (noun) :: nickel (metal)
(Middle French) or {{frm-noun|m|-}} :: gold (metal)
(Old French) or {{fro-noun|m}} :: gold (metal)
+ bronze {{fr-noun|m}} :: bronze (metal, work of art)
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat metal disk
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
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A milestone such as those alongside a roadway.
===military===
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)
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, 10<sup>6</sup>.
+ million (numeral) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
===mind===
mental {{fr-noun|m|pl=-}} :: mind
minuscule {{fr-noun|f}} :: minuscule
===minute===
minute {{fr-noun|f}} :: minute
+ (Old French) minute {{fro-noun|f}} :: minute (one sixtieth of an hour)
===miscellaneous===
(Old French) chose {{fro-noun|f}} :: thing (miscellaneous object or concept)
===missing===
===mole===
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (burrowing mammal)
taupe {{fr-noun|f}} :: mole (undercover agent)
+ (Old French) taupe {{fro-noun|f}} :: mole (mammal)
===Mole===
mole {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|chemistry|physics}} Mole.
+===moment===
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: moment; time
===Moment===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
===Monaco===
Europe {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Europa, a moon of Jupiter
===morally===
laid {fr-adj} :: morally corrupt
-===more===
- gourmet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.
===most===
+ (Old French) substance {{fro-noun|f}} :: most essential; substantial part
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.
+===mostly===
+ (Old French) lie {{fro-noun|f}} :: dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
===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.
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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-noun|m}} :: {physics} moving body
===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. :: --
===music===
country {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: country music
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: music stand
- house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house
+ house {{fr-noun-unc|f}} :: house music, house (genre of 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.
===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)
===must===
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. :: You must be clearer.
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
===Myanmar===
Myanmar {{fr-proper noun|g=m}} :: Myanmar
===mysteries===
- arcane {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{especially|in plural}} mysteries, arcanum
+ arcane {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{especially|in the plural}} mysteries, arcanum
===mysterious===
arcane {fr-adj-mf} :: arcane, secret, mysterious
===mystical===
nadir {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} nadir
===nag===
carne {{fr-noun|f}} :: nag (old useless horse)
+===naïve===
+ blond {fr-adj} :: {informal} naïve
===naked===
nu {fr-adj} :: {{sense|person}} naked, nude
(Old French) nu {m} (adjective), feminine: nue :: naked
(Old French) alien {{fro-noun|m}} :: alien (a non-native)
===nature===
nature {{fr-noun|f}} :: nature
- (Middle French) nature {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: nature
+ (Middle French) nature {{frm-noun|f}} :: nature
===Nazi===
nazi {fr-adj} :: Nazi
nazi {{fr-noun|m}} :: Nazi
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Extremely steep, near vertical.
Condé-sur-Sarthe :: Small town near Alençon in France
===need===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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
+===negation===
+ (Old French) point (adverb) :: {{context|with ne}} not (indicates negation)
===negative===
cliché {{fr-noun|m}} :: {photography} A negative
===negatives===
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
+===neutron===
+ neutron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {particles} neutron
===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
===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} :: {{n-g|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
-===nine===
- {{cardinalbox|fr|8|9|10|huit|dix|ord=neuvième|wplink=Neuf}}neuf (cardinal number) :: nine
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===nit===
lente {{fr-noun|f}} :: {zoology} nit
===no===
===noise===
bruit {{fr-noun|m}} :: a noise
(Old French) bruit {{fro-noun|m|bruiz|bruiz|bruit}} :: noise; sounds
-===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)
+ boy {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|now|_|historical|offensive}} boy (non-white male servant)
+ 1930, {{w|André Malraux}}, La Voie royale: :: --
+ Claude allait l'ouvrir mais le ton sur lequel le délégué appelait son boy lui fit lever la tête : l'auto attendait, bleue sous l'ampoule de la porte; le boy, qui s'était écarté – en voyant arriver le délégué sans doute – se rapprochait, hésitant. :: --
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
+ (Old French) point (adverb) :: {{context|with ne}} not (indicates negation)
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}} :: --
abattis {{fr-noun|m|plural=abattis}} :: {Canada} An area that has been cleared of trees, but not yet of their stumps.
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).
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===
{{usex|quatre-vingt-six|translation=eighty-six}} :: --
===Nunavut===
Nunavut {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Nunavut
- Iqaluit {fr-proper-noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
+ Iqaluit {fr-proper noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
===o===
o (letter) :: o (miniscule)
===oath===
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
+ quelque chose {fr-pronoun} (abbreviated as: qqch) :: something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
+ Elle sourit et dit quelque chose à un homme en manches de chemise qui l’avait suivie. :: --
+ She smiled and said something to a man in shirtsleeves, who had followed her. :: --
+ Ensuite, j’ai le vague souvenir de quelque chose de long et de sombre, avec des yeux flamboyants, juste comme nous l’avons vu l’autre soir dans le soleil couchant, tandis que j’avais l’impression d’être entourée de douceur et d’amertume tout ensemble. :: --
+ Then I have a vague memory of something long and dark, with flashing eyes, just like we saw the other day in the sun, while I had the impression of being surrounded by sweetness and bitterness all together. :: --
(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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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 :: --
Un verre en cristal. :: --
its content :: --
On va boire un verre ? :: --
+===objects===
+ file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of objects placed one after the other.
===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===
bien entendu {fr-adv} :: of course, obviously
===occult===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: {astronomy} Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
+===occupant===
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (act of occupying; of being an occupant)
+===occupation===
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (the occupying of a territory)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (act of occupying; of being an occupant)
+===occupying===
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (the occupying of a territory)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (act of occupying; of being an occupant)
===occurs===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
===octet===
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
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)
Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 years old.
===olive===
olive {{fr-noun|f}} :: olive
+ (Old French) olive {m|f} (noun) :: olive tree
+ (Old French) olive {{fro-noun|f}} :: olive
===ombrotrophic===
bog {{fr-noun|m}} :: {ecology} An ombrotrophic peatland.
===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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===onto===
dater {fr-verb} :: to date, to add a date onto something.
===open===
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {transitive} to open
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {intransitive} to open
open {{fr-noun|m}} :: open tournament
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
===opened===
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)
+ (Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
===opposed===
bien {{fr-noun|m}} :: good as opposed to evil
(Old French) bien {{fro-noun|m}} :: good (as opposed to evil)
That wakes up at this time of day? :: --
===organ===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {musical instruments} cornet; cornet stop (on organ)
===organic===
bio {{fr-adj|inv=yes}} :: {ecology} organic
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} the organic movement
bio {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} organic food
+===Organisation===
+ OMC {fr-initialism} :: {{initialism of|Organisation mondiale du commerce}} (WTO (World Trade Organisation))
===organisms===
œil {{fr-noun|m|pl=yeux}} :: eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
===organization===
provenance {{fr-noun|f}} :: provenance, origin
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===original===
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.
+ file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of objects 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: :: --
Je vois ma mère là :: I see my mother over there.
===overshoe===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {Quebec} overshoe
+===own===
+ avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: {transitive} to have (to own)
+ J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. :: I would like to have 20 dollars.
===ownership===
accession {{fr-noun|f}} :: {legal} accession
accession sociale à la propriété :: assisted home-ownership scheme
-===oxygen===
- oxygène {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: oxygen
===pace===
train {{fr-noun|m}} :: pace
===pack===
cruel {{fr-adj|f=cruelle}} :: hard, painful
===Pakistan===
Pakistan {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Pakistan
-===pal===
- cop {{fr-noun|m}} :: {informal} A friend, a pal.
+===pale===
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
===Palestine===
Palestine {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Palestine
===palpable===
circa 1170, {{w|Chrétien de Troyes}}, Érec et Énide: :: La pane fu de blanc ermine
===panel===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: console, control panel
+===pant===
+ (Old French) beer (verb) :: {{context|especially}} to pant; to breathe heavily
===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
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (paper) cone
===paragraph===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A paragraph or section of text or music.
===Paraguay===
===parasol===
parasol {{fr-noun|m}} :: parasol
===parent===
- parent {{fr-noun|m}} :: parent, one’s father or mother
(Middle French) parent {{frm-noun|m|pl=parens}} :: parent
(Old French) parent {{fro-noun|m|parenz|parenz|parent}} :: parent
+===parents===
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: {in plural} parents
===Paris===
de {fr-prep} :: of (expresses belonging)
1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche<sup>fr.Wikisource</sup>, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I: :: --
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===paroles===
===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
+ (Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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 :: --
+ (Old French) substance {{fro-noun|f}} :: most essential; substantial part
+ base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part of something)
+ (Old French) base {{fro-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part; supporting part)
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)
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.
+===partiaire===
+ colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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. :: --
===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.
+===pastry===
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
===Patronage===
patronage {{fr-noun|m}} :: Patronage
===Paulo===
===pause===
break {{fr-noun|m}} :: break (pause, holiday)
C’est l’heure de faire un break. :: --
+===paved===
+ (Old French) pavement {{fro-noun|m|pavemenz|pavemenz}} :: a paved room
===paving===
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: paving
===pear===
===penalty===
penalty {{fr-noun|m|pl=penalties}} :: {sports} penalty, penalty kick
===pencil===
+ mine {{fr-noun|f}} :: pencil lead
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.
===penny===
penny {{fr-noun|m}} :: penny
===people===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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.
===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===
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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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.
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
+ massage {{fr-noun|m}} :: physical massage
===physically===
laid {fr-adj} :: physically ugly
===pi===
pi {{fr-noun-inv|m}} :: {mathematics} pi
===piano===
piano {{fr-noun|m}} :: piano
+===pictorial===
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (pictorial representation)
===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
+ (Middle French) piece {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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. :: --
===pinkish===
carnation {f} (noun) :: The fleshy pinkish color carnation
===pipe===
- pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe.
+ pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe
+ pipe {{fr-noun|m}} :: the pipe symbol (|)
===pizza===
pizza {{fr-noun|f}} :: pizza
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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)
+ base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (safe 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.
+ file {{fr-noun|f}} :: A line of objects placed one after the other.
===plain===
nature une [[brioche]] '''nature'''{fr-adj-mf} :: plain, unseasoned
- Brioche nature ou au sucre? :: --
+ Une brioche nature ou sucrée ? :: --
+ File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait. :: --
===plait===
natter {fr-verb} :: to plait; to braid
===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.
+===plate===
+ (Old French) plate {{fro-noun|f}} :: a flat plate of armor
===play===
hand {{fr-noun|m|pl=-}} :: 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===
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.
===pollution===
Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier. :: --
===polygon===
triangle {{fr-noun|m}} :: triangle (polygon)
+===polygonal===
+ polygonal {{fr-adj|mp=polygonaux}} :: polygonal
===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.}} :: --
===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
+ Un 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.
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
+ positron {{fr-noun|m}} :: {particles} positron
===possessing===
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
===possession===
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) :: --
Le quadruple en colonne 5 reste ouvert avec la séquence "ena" ou "ene". :: --
===possibly===
éventuellement {fr-adv} :: possibly, maybe, perhaps
+===post===
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: post horn
+ 2000, {{w|Jean-François Parot}}, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 17: :: --
+ Il tenait à la main gauche un cornet semblable à celui dont usaient les postillons ; en cas de péril, l'alarme serait donnée au patron qui tenait la barre à l'arrière. :: --
+ In his left hand he held a horn like those used by post riders; in case of danger, the alarm would be given to the owner who was at the forward rail. :: --
===postage===
port {m} (noun) :: postage
===postal===
mandat {{fr-noun|m}} :: postal order, money order
===potable===
potable {fr-adj-mf} :: potable
+ (Old French) potable {m|f} (adjective) :: potable
===potassium===
potassium {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: potassium
===potion===
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 (½<sup>4</sup>) 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. :: --
+===practice===
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
+ (Middle French) abstinence {{frm-noun|f}} :: abstinence (act or practice of abstaining)
===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|s}} :: medicine (act of practising medical treatment)
+ (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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
(Old French) simple {m|f} (adjective), plural: simples :: honest; without pretense
===pretension===
air {{fr-noun|m}} :: air (pretension)
+===prick===
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: a sting; a prick
===priest===
homme de Dieu {{fr-noun|m|pl=hommes de Dieu}} :: a priest
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{context|Western|_|Christianity}} Ritual rinsing of the priest's hand; ablution.
===process===
(Middle French) election {{frm-noun|f}} :: election (act or process of being elected to an office)
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)
+===procreation===
+ (Middle French) generation {{frm-noun|f}} :: generation (procreation; begetting)
===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.
+ 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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
(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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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
provenance {{fr-noun|f}} :: provenance, origin
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
===proton===
- proton {m} (noun) :: proton
-===proud===
- fier {{fr-adj|f=fière}} :: proud
+ proton {m} (noun) :: {particles} proton
===provenance===
provenance {{fr-noun|f}} :: provenance, origin
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
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)
+===punctuation===
+ point {{fr-noun|m}} :: full stop, period (punctuation mark)
===pupil===
pupitre {{fr-noun|m}} :: pupil's desk, school desk
===pupils===
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
putter {fr-verb} :: {golf} to putt
===putter===
putter {{fr-noun|m}} :: putter (golf club)
-===qqch===
- quelque chose :: something, abbreviated as: qqch.
+===pyramidal===
+ pyramidal {{fr-adj|mp=pyramidaux}} :: pyramidal
===quack===
coin {fr-intj} :: quack
===quadrant===
quadrant {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadrant
===quadrillion===
- quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
===quadruplet===
quadruplet {{fr-noun|m}} :: quadruplet (sequence of 4 elements)
===qualify===
Il a perdu son chapeau. :: He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. :: I like her/his girlfriend.
===qualities===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
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)
(Middle French) condition {{frm-noun|f}} :: condition (state, quality)
(Middle French) eloquence {{frm-noun|f|-}} :: eloquence (quality of being eloquent)
- 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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===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)
===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) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
===race===
race {{fr-noun|f}} :: race (classification)
+ (Middle French) race {{frm-noun|f}} :: race; breed
+ {{quote-book|year=1595|title=Essais, book II, chapter 11|author=Michel de Montaigne|passage=Je le doy plus à ma fortune qu’à ma raison : Elle m’a faict naistre d’une race fameuse en preud’hommie, et d’un tres-bon pere|translation=I owe more to my luck than to my intelligence. It was luck that meant I was born into a race famous for it's gentlemanliness, and to a very good father}} :: --
===radar===
radar {{fr-noun|m}} :: radar
===radio===
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===rank===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A rank or position in a series or hierarchy.
===rat===
Nous cherchons du lait. :: We're looking for some milk.
hand {{fr-noun|m|pl=-}} :: 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.
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%.
+ 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.
===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
+ vocal {{fr-adj|mp=vocaux}} :: 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. :: --
===relating===
mental {{fr-adj|mp=mentaux}} :: mental (relating to the mind)
(Middle French) latin {frm-adj} :: Latin (relating to the Latin language)
+ (Old French) vocal {m} (adjective) :: vocal (relating to a voice or voices)
+===relation===
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: relative, relation, family member
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.1.iv: :: --
+ Une de ses parentes éloignées, madame la comtesse de Lô, laissait rarement échapper une occasion d'énumérer en sa présence ce qu'elle appelait «les espérances» de ses trois fils. :: --
+ One of his distant relatives, the countess of Lô, rarely missed an opportunity to list, in his presence, what she called her "hopes" for her three sons. :: --
+===relations===
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
+===relative===
+ parent {{fr-noun|m|f=parente}} :: relative, relation, family member
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.1.iv: :: --
+ Une de ses parentes éloignées, madame la comtesse de Lô, laissait rarement échapper une occasion d'énumérer en sa présence ce qu'elle appelait «les espérances» de ses trois fils. :: --
+ One of his distant relatives, the countess of Lô, rarely missed an opportunity to list, in his presence, what she called her "hopes" for her three sons. :: --
===religion===
+ (Middle French) religion {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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 on (à)
===remake===
remake {{fr-noun|m}} :: {film} remake
===removal===
===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.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
+===representation===
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (pictorial representation)
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: image (mental or imagined representation)
===representative===
représentant {{fr-noun|m|f=représentante}} :: representative
===Republic===
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)
+===restraint===
+ (Middle French) continent {{frm-adj|mp=continens}} :: continent (exercising restraint)
===restrict===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
===result===
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%.
+ 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===
axe {{fr-noun|m}} :: Rod on which a wheel revolves; axle
===rodent===
(Old French) rat {{fro-noun|m}} :: rat (rodent)
+===role===
+ (Old French) servant (adjective) :: that serves; that fulfils a role
===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<br>Est la plus bele de la sale[.]
-... The his wife :: --
Is the most beautiful in the room :: --
+ (Old French) pavement {{fro-noun|m|pavemenz|pavemenz}} :: a paved room
===rooms===
- en (pronoun) :: Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===row===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
===rub===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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}
(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 :: --
+===safe===
+ base {{fr-noun|f}} :: base (safe place)
===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.
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
===satisfied===
content {fr-adj} :: content, satisfied, pleased
===scale===
- billion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
- quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; 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
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.)
+ (Middle French) science {{frm-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
===scope===
cadre {{fr-noun|m}} :: A scope or framework.
===score===
===secret===
secret {{fr-adj|f=secrète}} :: secret
secret {{fr-noun|m}} :: secret
+ (Middle French) secret {frm-adj} :: secret
arcane {fr-adj-mf} :: arcane, secret, mysterious
livrer {fr-verb} :: to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
===secretion===
===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.
+===sees===
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: sight (something which one sees)
===sense===
acception {{fr-noun|f}} :: meaning, sense (of a word), acceptation
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.
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)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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. :: --
===September===
en janvier :: in January
en septembre 2001 :: in September 2001
===septillion===
- quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; 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)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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
+ (Old French) servant {{fro-noun|m|servanz|servanz}} :: servant (one who serves)
+ boy {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|now|_|historical|offensive}} boy (non-white male servant)
+ 1930, {{w|André Malraux}}, La Voie royale: :: --
+ Claude allait l'ouvrir mais le ton sur lequel le délégué appelait son boy lui fit lever la tête : l'auto attendait, bleue sous l'ampoule de la porte; le boy, qui s'était écarté – en voyant arriver le délégué sans doute – se rapprochait, hésitant. :: --
===served===
drink {{fr-noun|m}} :: A reception or after party where alcohol is served.
+===serves===
+ (Old French) servant (adjective) :: that serves; that fulfils a role
+ (Old French) servant {{fro-noun|m|servanz|servanz}} :: servant (one who serves)
===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
+ alphabet {{fr-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
+ (Middle French) alphabet {{frm-noun|m}} :: alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
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
+ (Old French) set (numeral) :: seven
+===sexual===
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
===shack===
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: hut, cabin, shack
===shaft===
age {{fr-noun|m}} :: shaft
===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.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: stock, share
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
+===sharecropper===
+ colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
===she===
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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.
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
massicot {m} (noun) :: guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal.
===sherbet===
sorbet {{fr-noun|m}} :: sorbet, sherbet
+===shield===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {heraldry} The abyss of the shield.
===shock===
abrupt {fr-adj} :: Done or said forwardly and without caution to avoid shocking.
===shogun===
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) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ (Middle French) brief {{frm-adj|briefve|briefs|briefves}} :: brief; short
(Old French) brief {m} (adjective), feminine: brieve :: brief; short in length
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers (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) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; 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 (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
+ (Middle French) cry {{frm-noun|m}} :: cry; shout
===show===
meeting {{fr-noun|m}} :: meeting, meet
un meeting aérien :: an air show
+===SI===
+ gray {m} (noun) :: gray (SI unit)
===sic===
sic {fr-adv} :: sic
===side===
rang {{fr-noun|m}} :: A row or line of things placed side-by-side.
===sidekick===
acolyte {{fr-noun|m}} :: henchman, sidekick
+===sight===
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: sight (something which one sees)
===sign===
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: stop sign
===significant===
===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
+===sixtieth===
+ (Old French) minute {{fro-noun|f}} :: minute (one sixtieth of an hour)
===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)
===skilled===
adroit {fr-adj} :: skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
+===skis===
+ fart {{fr-noun|m}} :: wax (for skis)
===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. :: --
===slap===
claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: slap
===slaughterhouse===
- abattoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: A slaughterhouse.
+ abattoir {{fr-noun|m}} :: slaughterhouse; abattoir
===sleep===
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
dodo {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|child language}} Sleep, kip.
Tu veux faire dodo? :: Do you want to go to sleep?
===sleeping===
+ sleeping {{fr-noun|m}} :: sleeping car
lit {{fr-noun|m}} :: bed
Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. :: Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
===slim===
slow {{fr-noun|m}} :: slow waltz
lent {fr-adj} :: slow
===small===
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: small amount
menu {fr-adj} :: slim, small, fine
(Old French) menu {m} (adjective) :: small
{{quote-book|year=12<sup>th</sup> 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. :: --
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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.
+===solid===
+ (Old French) lie {{fro-noun|f}} :: dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
===some===
de (article) :: {indefinite} some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. :: I'd like some meat.
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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ blond {{fr-noun|m|f=blonde}} :: someone with blond hair
+ (Middle French) interest {{frm-noun|m}} :: interest (great attention and concern from someone or something)
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,<br>Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient|translation=Soon, they were praying for their master<br>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"
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 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===
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===Spanish===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
Le député a la parole :: the member has the floor
===speaking===
+ avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be; to be aged (speaking of age)
+ Elle a 19 ans. :: She is 19 years old.
+ 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.
===speaks===
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)
+===specifically===
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol)
+ abstinence {{fr-noun|f}} :: abstinence (specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations)
+ (Old French) volume {m|f} (noun) :: volume, specifically a collection of written works
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {politics} a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
===specified===
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (specified, particular)
===speech===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: accent, manner or tone of speech
===spelling===
yak {{fr-noun|m}} :: alternative spelling of yack, meaning the bovine yak
+===spends===
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
===spherical===
global {{fr-adj-al|glob}} :: {originally} global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
===spleen===
rate {{fr-noun|f}} :: spleen
+===spoke===
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
===spoken===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: voice, spoken word
langue {{fr-noun|f}} :: {linguistics} language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A 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." :: --
Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques. :: --
case {{fr-noun|f}} :: square (on boardgame)
===squash===
- squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sport} {uncountable} squash
+ squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: {sports} {uncountable} squash
Jouer au squash. :: --
squash {{fr-noun|m}} :: squash game
On s'est fait deux squashs aujourd'hui. :: --
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} :: {{n-g|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} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===staff===
ours {{fr-noun|m|pl=ours|f=ourse}} :: masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
===stall===
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===started===
- bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {slang} knob, cock, dick
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
+===sting===
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: a sting; a prick
===stock===
stock {{fr-noun|m}} :: stock, goods in supply
-===Stock===
- action {{fr-noun|f}} :: Stock, share.
+ action {{fr-noun|f}} :: stock, share
une action de capitalisation :: a capitalisation share
===stomach===
hara-kiri {{fr-noun|m}} :: hara-kiri (suicide by ripping open the stomach)
+===stool===
+ X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X-frame stool
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.3.i: :: --
+ La duchesse de Duras lisait à trois ou quatre amis, dans son boudoir meublé d’X en satin bleu ciel [...]. :: --
+ The Duchess de Duras was reading to two or three friends, in a boudoir furnished with X-frame stools in sky-blue satin. :: --
===stop===
point {{fr-noun|m}} :: full stop, period (punctuation mark)
stop {{fr-noun-unc|m}} :: stop sign
+ cornet {{fr-noun|m}} :: {musical instruments} cornet; cornet stop (on organ)
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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
===stress===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: {linguistics} accent, stress
===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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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. :: --
===stressing===
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.
===study===
science {{fr-noun|f}} :: science (field of study, etc.)
+ (Middle French) science {{frm-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.
===stupid===
===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)
+ (Middle French) language {{frm-noun|m}} :: language (style of communicating)
(Old French) language {{fro-noun|f}} :: language (style of communicating)
===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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
+===subpoena===
+ subpoena {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{Canada|US}} subpoena
===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<br>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
its content :: --
On va boire un verre ? :: --
liège {{fr-noun|m}} :: cork (substance)
+===substantial===
+ (Old French) substance {{fro-noun|f}} :: most essential; substantial part
===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.
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.
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
===sucker===
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: {colloquial} mug, sucker, soft touch
===suffering===
(Old French) mal {{fro-noun|m|maus|maus|mal}} :: pain, suffering
===suggest===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
===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
-===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===
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) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
- million (cardinal number) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ million (numeral) :: million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
(Middle French) million {{frm-noun|m}} :: {cardinal} million, 10<sup>6</sup>.
- quadrillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
-===Super===
- bath {fr-adj-mf} :: Super, great, smashing; beautiful, fine, good, pleasant.
+ quadrillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>24</sup>; a quadrillion by the long scale; a short scale septillion.
+===superlative===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
===supply===
stock {{fr-noun|m}} :: stock, goods in supply
===support===
tin {{fr-noun|m}} :: a wooden support, often used on watercraft
+===supporting===
+ (Old French) base {{fro-noun|f}} :: base (bottom part; supporting part)
===sure===
(Old French) certain (adjective) :: certain; sure
certain {fr-adj} :: certain (sure, positive)
===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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===sword===
Sydney {fr-proper noun} :: Sydney (in Australia)
===symbol===
accent {{fr-noun|m}} :: {linguistics} an accent symbol
+ pipe {{fr-noun|m}} :: the pipe symbol (|)
===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
+ colon {{fr-noun|m}} :: sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire
===t===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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===
gain {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|usually in plural}} winnings, earnings, takings
===talent===
talent {{fr-noun|m}} :: talent
+===talk===
+ (Old French) jargon {{fro-noun|m}} :: talk; chatter; conversation; talking
+===talking===
+ (Old French) jargon {{fro-noun|m}} :: talk; chatter; conversation; talking
===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===
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===
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial boundary marker.
borne {{fr-noun|f}} :: A territorial or geographical border.
===territory===
- Iqaluit {fr-proper-noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
+ Iqaluit {fr-proper noun} :: Iqaluit (Capital of the territory of Nunavut (Canada).)
+ Kuala Lumpur {m} (proper noun) :: Kuala Lumpur (federal territory in Malaysia)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (the occupying of a territory)
===text===
bible {{fr-noun|f}} :: bible (comprehensive text)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A paragraph or section of text or music.
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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
- (Middle French) chose {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: thing
+ (Middle French) chose {{frm-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
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
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
son {{fr-noun|m}} :: bran
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.
+===thou===
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
===thought===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} An infiniteness of thought.
opinion {{fr-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
- (Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
+ (Middle French) opinion {{frm-noun|f}} :: opinion (thought, estimation)
===thrashing===
- claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sport} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
+ claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sports} 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.
+ 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-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
===throne===
- (Middle French) throne {{frm-noun|m|s}} :: throne
+ (Middle French) throne {{frm-noun|m}} :: throne
accession {{fr-noun|f}} :: accession (to throne)
===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)
+ claque {{fr-noun|f}} :: {sports} thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
===thunking===
translation {{fr-noun|f}} :: {computing} thunking
===Thursday===
chat {{fr-noun|m}} :: tag, tig (children’s game)
===tiger===
tigre {{fr-noun|m|f=tigresse}} :: tiger
+ (Middle French) tigre {{frm-noun|m}} :: tiger
===tiled===
pavement {{fr-noun|m}} :: tiled floor
===timber===
acajou {{fr-noun|m}} :: mahogany tree; also, its timber
===time===
+ (Old French) point {{fro-noun|m|poins|poins}} :: moment; 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,<br />Qui a tel ore vos levez?
What haste do you have :: --
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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)
+ occupation {{fr-noun|f}} :: occupation (something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby)
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: The time when such an act occurs.
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: free, without obligation
Temps libre. :: Free time.
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
+ pipe {{fr-noun|f}} :: tobacco pipe
===toes===
digital {{fr-adj|mp=digitaux}} :: of or pertaining to fingers or toes
===told===
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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
+ (Middle French) langue {{frm-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
(Old French) langue {{fro-noun|f}} :: {anatomy} tongue
clapper {fr-verb} :: to click (the tongue)
===tool===
ville natale :: home town
===trace===
tracer {fr-verb} :: {transitive} to draw or plot (a diagram), to trace out
+===Trade===
+ OMC {fr-initialism} :: {{initialism of|Organisation mondiale du commerce}} (WTO (World Trade Organisation))
===tradition===
(Old French) us {{fro-noun|m|us|us|us}} :: tradition or custom
+===traditional===
+ far {{fr-noun|m}} :: A traditional Breton cake
===traditions===
us {m|p} (noun) :: {plurale tantum} customs; traditions
===traffic===
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===trainer===
===travel===
passage {{fr-noun|m}} :: A trip or travel, especially by boat.
===treatment===
- (Middle French) medicine {{frm-noun|f|s}} :: medicine (act of practising medical 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===
+ (Old French) olive {m|f} (noun) :: olive 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.
abaca {{fr-noun|m}} :: A banana tree, the abaca
===trifling===
menu {fr-adj} :: minor, trifling
===trillion===
- billion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
- trillion (cardinal number) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion.
+ billion (numeral) :: 10<sup>12</sup>; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion.
+ trillion (numeral) :: 10<sup>18</sup>; 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.”) :: --
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {politics} a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
===Troublesome===
plate {fr-adj-mf} :: {{Canada|informal}} Troublesome.
===trousers===
short {{fr-noun|m}} :: shorts, short trousers (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 on (à)
- (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,<br>Qu’an Deu et an lui se fioient|translation=Soon, they were praying for their master<br>In him, and in God they put their trust}} :: --
===tuba===
tuba {{fr-noun|m}} :: tuba
===tune===
===turquoise===
turquoise {{fr-noun|f}} :: turquoise (gemstone)
turquoise {{fr-noun|m}} :: turquoise (colour)
- turquoise (adjective) {inv} :: turquoise-colored.
-===twelve===
- douze (cardinal number) :: twelve
+ turquoise (adjective) {inv} :: turquoise-colored
===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.}} :: --
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
-===typical===
- quelque chose :: something which 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===
ben {fr-intj} :: well; uh
===UK===
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
- note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US)
+ note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK, US), check (US)
===Ukraine===
Ukraine {{fr-proper noun|f}} :: Ukraine
===umbrella===
Tu vois que tu avais tort ? :: Do you see that you were wrong?
===understood===
bien entendu {fr-adv} :: well understood
+===undesirable===
+ (Old French) lie {{fro-noun|f}} :: dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
===unexpected===
(Middle French) accident {{frm-noun|m|pl=accidens}} :: accident (unexpected outcome)
+===unfathomable===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unfathomable depth; an abyss or chasm.
===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.
+ gray {m} (noun) :: gray (SI unit)
won {{fr-noun|m}} :: won (unit of currency)
===United===
EU {fr-proper noun} :: {{abbreviation of|États-Unis}} (United States)
+===unpunished===
+ (Old French) incorrigible {m|f} (adjective) :: unpunished
+ Pource que nous ne vouloiens mie que telz fais demourast incorrigibles ... :: --
+ Because we don't want such deeds to go unpunished :: --
===unseasoned===
nature une [[brioche]] '''nature'''{fr-adj-mf} :: plain, unseasoned
- Brioche nature ou au sucre? :: --
+ Une brioche nature ou sucrée ? :: --
+ File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait. :: --
===unspecified===
abracadabra {{fr-noun|m}} :: An unspecified magical formula.
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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... :: --
Uruguay {{fr-proper noun|m}} :: Uruguay
===US===
note {{fr-noun|f}} :: mark (UK), grade (US)
- note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK), check (US)
+ note {{fr-noun|f}} :: bill (UK, US), check (US)
===usage===
usage {{fr-noun|m}} :: usage, use
===use===
badger {fr-verb} :: to use an identity badge
Avant de quitter la pièce, il ne faudra pas oublier de badger. :: --
===used===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight 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)
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)
- 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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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)
===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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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)
+ blond {fr-adj} :: pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
poire {{fr-noun|f}} :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper.
===utmost===
abject {fr-adj} :: {literary} Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
vacuum {{fr-noun|m}} :: vacuum (space containing no matter)
===valiant===
(Old French) franc {m} (adjective), feminine: franche :: brave; valiant
+===valley===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: The bottom of a chasm or valley.
===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 (½<sup>4</sup>) d'une noire. :: --
as {{fr-noun|m|plural=as}} :: ace (card of value 1)
===valve===
valve {{fr-noun|f}} :: valve
+===various===
+ abime {{fr-noun|m}} :: {literary} A superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme.
===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===
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. :: I've got a gift for you.
avoir {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to have (to trick)
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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)
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)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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
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===
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 )
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
===visit===
voir {fr-verb} :: to see (to visit, to go and 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
+ vocal {{fr-adj|mp=vocaux}} :: vocal, related to the voice
+ (Old French) vocal {m} (adjective) :: vocal (relating to a voice or voices)
===voice===
parole {{fr-noun|f}} :: voice, spoken word
- vocal {{fr-adj-al|voc}} :: vocal, related to the voice
+ vocal {{fr-adj|mp=vocaux}} :: 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.
+ (Old French) vocal {m} (adjective) :: vocal (relating to a voice or voices)
+===voices===
+ (Old French) vocal {m} (adjective) :: vocal (relating to a voice or voices)
===Voilence===
provenance {{fr-noun|f}} :: provenance, origin
La violence continue en provenance de Homs, l'épicentre de contestation. :: Voilence continues in Homs, the epicentre of the protests.
+===volant===
+ volatile {fr-adj-mf} :: flying, volant
===volume===
volume {{fr-noun|m}} :: volume
+ (Old French) volume {m|f} (noun) :: volume, specifically a collection of written works
===vomir===
vomit :: third-person singular present indicative form of vomir
===vos===
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===
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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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. :: --
===washing===
ablution {{fr-noun|f}} :: {rare} A washing, especially ritual.
+===watch===
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: act of keeping watch
+===watchman===
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: a watchman
===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
libre {fr-adj-mf} :: clear, free, vacant
La voie est libre. :: The way is clear.
===We===
- on (pronoun) :: {informal} We.
+ on {fr-pron} :: {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} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
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
+===welcoming===
+ (Old French) hospital (adjective) :: hospitable; welcoming
===well===
ben {fr-intj} :: well; uh
bien (adverb), comparative and superlative: mieux :: well
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
===what===
===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.
+ lui {fr-pron} :: 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”), :: --
+ 1873, Alphonse Daudet, “La Dernière Classe”, in Contes du Lundi :: --
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
+ bite {{fr-noun|f}} :: {{slang|vulgar}} 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.
===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 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. :: --
+ faction {{fr-noun|f}} :: {politics} a faction; specifically one which causes trouble
+ (Old French) image {{fro-noun|f}} :: sight (something which one sees)
===Which===
aberrant {fr-adj} :: {sciences} Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.
quadruple {{fr-adj|f=quadruple}} :: Which is repeated four times.
en {fr-prep} :: {{context|as a gerund, followed by a present participle}} while
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. :: It was by cheating that he became champion.
===white===
+ boy {{fr-noun|m}} :: {{context|now|_|historical|offensive}} boy (non-white male servant)
+ 1930, {{w|André Malraux}}, La Voie royale: :: --
+ Claude allait l'ouvrir mais le ton sur lequel le délégué appelait son boy lui fit lever la tête : l'auto attendait, bleue sous l'ampoule de la porte; le boy, qui s'était écarté – en voyant arriver le délégué sans doute – se rapprochait, hésitant. :: --
en {fr-prep} :: in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc :: a photo in black and white
===whole===
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
+ (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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.
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===
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} :: {{n-g|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
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une portion de frites :: A portion of fries
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word}}
+ Un jus de pomme :: An apple juice
+ Un verre de vin :: A glass of wine
+ Une boîte de nuit :: A night club
+ Un chien de garde :: A guard dog
+ Une voiture de sport :: A sports car
+ Un stade de football :: A football stadium
===wing===
rose {fr-adj-mf} :: {humorous} pink, left-wing
===winnings===
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.
+ (Middle French) femme {{frm-noun|f}} :: woman (female adult human being)
===wombat===
wombat {{fr-noun|m}} :: wombat
===won===
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.
+ un groupe de cinq à huit personnes :: a group of [from] five to eight people
===wood===
fil {{fr-noun|m}} :: grain (of wood etc.)
===wooden===
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}} :: meaning, sense (of a word), acceptation
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.
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)
+ (Middle French) sentence {{frm-noun|f}} :: 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
+===work===
+ bronze {{fr-noun|m}} :: bronze (metal, work of art)
+===works===
+ (Old French) volume {m|f} (noun) :: volume, specifically a collection of written works
===Works===
de {fr-prep} :: 's (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat :: Fermat’s Works
===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
+===World===
+ OMC {fr-initialism} :: {{initialism of|Organisation mondiale du commerce}} (WTO (World Trade Organisation))
===worldly===
homme du monde (noun) :: man of the world, a worldly man
===worm===
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%.
+ 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===
la langue maternelle :: --
faire parler la langue française :: Bertrand Barère
pamphlet {{fr-noun|m}} :: lampoon (written attack)
+ (Old French) volume {m|f} (noun) :: volume, specifically a collection of written works
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)
+===WTO===
+ OMC {fr-initialism} :: {{initialism of|Organisation mondiale du commerce}} (WTO (World Trade Organisation))
===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)
+ X {{fr-noun-inv|mf}} :: X-frame stool
+ 1862, {{w|Victor Hugo}}, Les Misérables, I.3.i: :: --
+ La duchesse de Duras lisait à trois ou quatre amis, dans son boudoir meublé d’X en satin bleu ciel [...]. :: --
+ The Duchess de Duras was reading to two or three friends, in a boudoir furnished with X-frame stools in sky-blue satin. :: --
===Xylophone===
xylophone {{fr-noun|m|s}} :: Xylophone.
===Yacht===
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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? :: How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin :: I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
- en (pronoun) :: Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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
===yolk===
jaune {{fr-noun|m}} :: yolk (of egg)
===you===
- on (pronoun) :: One, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
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.
+ Elle vient de (la) France. :: She comes from France.
+ Vous êtes de (la) Suisse ? :: Are you from Switzerland?
+ Ce fromage vient d'Espagne. :: This cheese is from Spain.
C'est de l'ouest de la France. :: It's from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. :: The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
- de {fr-prep} :: {{n-g|used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translating into English as a gerund or an infinitive}}
+ de {fr-prep} :: {{non-gloss definition|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.
+ en {fr-pron} :: 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 three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
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.
+ te {fr-pron} :: {{context|direct object}} You.
Il te cite souvent.: He often quotes you. :: --
- te (pronoun) :: {{context|indirect object}} You.
+ te {fr-pron} :: {{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).
+ on {fr-pron} :: 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
+ (Louisiana Creole French) to (pronoun) :: you (singular), thou
+ To té paʼlé gra. / To te pale gra. :: You spoke with an accent. (literally: "You had spoken thick.")
as {fr-verb-form} :: {conjugation of|avoir|2|s|pres|ind}
Tu as un chien. :: You have a dog.
être {{fr-verb|type=auxiliary}} :: to be
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===
- ta {f} (adjective), singular :: {possessive} 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
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