Daily French Audio - Words

Words used in this podcast

Word	Root	Meanings

ciel		1. n-m. sky
		2. n-m. heaven
		3. n. canopy (of a bed, etc.)
		4. interj. heavens!
beau		1. adj. handsome, fine, attractive
		2. adj. nice
		3. adj. fair (weather)
		4. : Il fait beau.
		5. : \| It is nice out.
contre		1. prep. against (in physical contact with)
		2. : La paille est contre la maison
		3. : \| the straw is against the house
		4. : Elle s'appuie contre le mur.
		5. : \| She's pushing against the wall.
recette		1. n. recipe, receipt
		2. n. income
		3. n. acceptance testing
voiles		1. n. plural of voile
	voile	1. n. veil
		2. n. sail
		3. : Hissons la grande voile, matelots !
		4. : \| Raise the mainsail, seamen!
		5. n. (sports) sailing.
tasses		1. v. second-person singular present indicative of tasser
		2. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of tasser
		3. n. plural of tasse
	tasse	1. n. cup
	tasse	2. n. cupful
la plupart des		1. most
remède		1. n. remedy
brise		1. n. breeze
		2. v. first-person singular present indicative of briser
		3. v. third-person singular present indicative of briser
		4. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of briser
		5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of briser
hommes		1. n. plural of homme
	homme	1. n. man (adult male human)
		2. n. man, Man (species)
		3. n. man (virile male)
		4. n. man (employee)
fourmi		1. n. ant
		2. n. (plurale tantum) pins and needles
		3. : Avoir des fourmis dans les jambes. - To have pins and needles in one's legs.
que		1. conj. that (introduces a noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
		2. : Je vois que tu parles bien français. — I see that you speak French well.
		3. conj. (used with ne) only (ne ... que parses roughly as "(does) not / nothing ... other than")
		4. : Je ne mange que des fruits. — I eat only fruits.
		5. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
est-ce que		1. part. Used to introduce a yes-or-no question.
		2. : Est-ce que tu veux une chambre ?
		3. : \| Do you want a bedroom ?
		4. : Est-ce qu’elle est arrivée ?
		5. : \| Has she arrived?
bleu		1. adj. blue
		2. : Le ciel est bleu. - The sky is blue.
		3. adj. (of meat) very rare, underdone
		4. n-m. the color blue
		5. n-m. blue cheese
chat		1. n. cat (feline)
		2. n. (male) cat, tom, tomcat
		3. n. tag, tig (children’s game)
		4. n. (Internet) chat (online discussion)
traverser		1. v. to cross, to go across

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