| 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 |
| ne |
| 1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes) |
| 2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below) |
| 3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so- |
| 4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative |
| 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 |
| plus |
| 1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives) |
| 2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs) |
| 3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity) |
| 4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun) |
| 5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de) |
| 6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs) |
| 7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more |
| 8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ... |
| 9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ... |
| 10. n-m. plus, the symbol + |
| 11. v. singular past historic of plaire |
| 12. Participle. masculine plural of plu |
| 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 |
| travail |
| 1. n-m. work; labor |
| 2. n-m. job |
| 3. n-m. workplace |
