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| ce |
| 1. det. this, that |
| 2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) |
| 3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that |
| 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.) |
| ce que |
| 1. pron. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object) |
| 2. pron. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| dit |
| 1. Participle. past participle of dire |
| 2. Participle. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name. |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of dire |
| 4. v. third-person singular past historic of dire |
| dire |
| 1. v. to say, to tell |
| 2. v. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest +preo, à, someone |
| 3. v. (informal) to sound familiar +preo, à, someone |
| 4. n-m. saying (that which is said) |
| 5. n-m. belief, opinion |
