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Sentence

J'ai reçu un flot de lettres.

Translation

I received a flood of letters.



Analysis


je
     1. pron. I
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
reçu
     1. adj. accomplished
     2. n-m. receipt
     3. Participle. past participle of recevoir
     recevoir
          1. v. to receive
          2. v. to entertain (to welcome guests)
recevoir
     1. v. to receive
     2. v. to entertain (to welcome guests)
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
flot
     1. n-m. (in the literary) waves
     2. n-m. stream, flood (large amount)
     3. n-m. incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
lettres
     1. n. plural of lettre
     2. n. humanities/arts
     lettrer
          1. v. to send a letter (to someone)
          2. v. to educate, to teach to read and write
     lettre
          1. n-f. letter (written character)
          2. n-f. letter (written message)
          3. n-f. (figuratively) the literal meaning, the plain meaning of something




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