| c'est |
| 1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word) |
| 2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus) |
| 3. contraction. this is |
| il |
| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) |
| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) |
| 3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it |
| y |
| 1. pron. there (at a place) |
| 2. pron. there, thither (to there) |
| 3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à. |
| 4. pron. With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure. |
| 5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology. |
| 6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il |
| 7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils |
| 8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles |
| a |
| 1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A |
| 2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir |
| avoir |
| 1. n-m. asset, possession |
| 2. v. to have (to own; to possess) |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) |
| 4. v. to have (a condition) |
| 5. v. to have (a measure or age) |
| 6. v. to have (to trick) |
| 7. v. to have (to participate in an experience) |
| 8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive |
| il y a |
| 1. v. singular present indicative of y avoir: there is, there are |
| 2. prep. ago |
| y a |
| 1. v. (colloquial)contraction of il y a |
| y avoir |
| 1. v. (impersonal, transitive) there be |
| dix |
| 1. num. ten |
| ans |
| 1. n. plural of an |
| an |
| 1. n-m. year |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) |
| je |
| 1. pron. I |
| suis |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of être |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of suivre |
| 3. v. second-person singular present indicative of suivre |
| suivre |
| 1. v. to follow (literal sense) |
| 2. v. to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying) |
| 3. v. to take (a course or a class) |
| être |
| 1. v. to be |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) |
| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) |
| 4. n-m. being, creature |
| 5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence |
| allé |
| 1. Participle. past participle of aller |
| aller |
| 1. v. to go + à, location (object) = 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 + avec (object) = 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 |
| 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 |
| États |
| 1. n. plural of État |
| État |
| 1. n-m. state, nation |
| 2. n-m. government |
| Unis |
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