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Sentence

Il buvait un verre d'eau fraîche.

Translation

He drank a cool glass of water.



Analysis


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
buvait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of boire
     boire
          1. v. to drink
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)
verre
     1. n-m. (usually) glass (substance)
     2. n-m.          symbol of fragility
     3. n-m.          symbol of transparency
     4. n-m. Object of this substance
     5. n-m.          (optics) lens, glass
     6. n-m.          glass (drinking vessel)
     7. n-m.          the content of such a vessel
     8. v. singular present of verrer
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of verrer
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
eau
     1. n-f. water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans
     2. n-f. In particular, rain
     3. n-f. (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam
     4. n-f. Natural liquid quantities or expanses
     5. n-f. Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal
fraîche
     1. adj. feminine singular of frais
     frais
          1. adj. fresh
          2. adj. cool (temperature)
          3. adj. recent, something that has just happened
          4. n. cost, charge




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