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Sentence

Les hommes vont prêter main-forte aux soldats.

Translation

The men are going to lend their support to the soldiers.



Analysis


les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
hommes
     1. n. plural of homme
     homme
          1. n-m. man (adult male human)
          2. n-m. man, Man (species)
          3. n-m. man (virile male)
          4. n-m. man (employee)
vont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of aller
     2. v. third-person plural present indicative of vader
     aller
          1. v. to go (+preo, à, location, means=to)
          2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à)
          3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense)
          4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
          5. v. to go well (+preo, avec, means=with (clothes, colors, etc.))
          6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone)
          7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à)
          8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away
prêter
     1. v. (indtr, à, ditr=1) to lend
     2. v. (indtr, à, ditr=1) to attribute
     3. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to lend itself to
     4. v. (indtr, à, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to go along with
     5. v. (Louisiana French) to borrow
main
     1. n-f. hand
     2. n-f. (soccer) handball
     3. n-f. (poker) hand
     4. n-f. (C, Units of measure, Paper) quire
forte
     1. adj. feminine singular of fort
     fort
          1. adj. strong; powerful
          2. adj. (indtr, en) (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects)
          3. adj. (indtr, de) who can count on
          4. adv. strongly
          5. adv. much, a lot
          6. adv. (when preceding certain adjectives and adverbs) very (intensifier)
          7. n-m. a fort
aux
     1. contraction. Contraction of à + les ('to the' or 'of the')
     à
          1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
          2. prep. to (destination)
          3. prep. to (until)
          4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
          5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
          6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
          7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
          8. prep. from (origin)
          9. prep. of (belonging to)
          10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
          11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
          12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
          13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
          14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
          15. prep. by
          16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
          17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
          18. prep. with
     les
          1. art. plural of le: the
          2. art. plural of la: the
          3. pron. plural of le: them
          4. pron. plural of la: them
soldats
     1. n. plural of soldat
     soldat
          1. n-m. soldier




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