French dictionary
Most common words
2de
from (used to indicate origin); of (indicates possession, association or relationship); of (used to indicate cause); of (indicates an amount); used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word; from (used to indicate the start of a time or range); by (an amount); introduces the indirect object of some verbs; variously translated in English; used before infinitive phrases; often corresponding to an English to-infinitive or gerund; after certain verbs; …
Preposition
3être
to be; to be located; to be situated; to denote time, day, or date; used to form compound tenses and structures, such as the perfect and pluperfect; certain intransitive verbs that indicate movement or a change of state (see the full list); all reflexive verbs; the passive voice
Verb
5avoir
to have; to own; to possess; to get; to have (to experience or suffer from a state or condition); to have (an age); used to form the compound tenses of most verbs, such as the perfect and pluperfect.; to have (to), must; (chiefly in se faire avoir) to have (to trick; to con)
Verb
7à
to (destination); at, in, on (said of a particular place); at (said of a particular time); to (until); on the, to (some directions); from (origin); of (belonging to); by; to (used to express something not completed); used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for; …
Preposition
8que
that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause); Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.; when, no sooner; Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.; introduces a comparison; than; as; only, just; but, nothing but; how (in rhetorical interjections)
Conjunction
10en
in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes); to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes); by (used to indicate means); as; at (used to describe an ability); of, made of (used to describe composition); in (during the following time (used for months and years)); while; by, in (describing a way of getting something); in (used to describe color); …
Preposition
11pas
The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.; used as an intensifier in underlying rhetorical questions, mostly with voilà
Adverb
12il
he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject); it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects); Impersonal subject; it
Pronoun
13pour
for (meant for, intended for); for (in support of); for (as a consequence for); for (an intended destination); to (to bring about an intended result); for, to (according to)
Preposition
14ne
not (used alone to negate a verb, now chiefly with only a few particular verbs; see usage notes); not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see usage notes); 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-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne; in comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Particle
18dans
in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state); to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes); in, within (a longer period of time); during; out of, from; in; in the works of; Used in dans les (“about, around”)
Preposition
20le
him, her, it, them; replaces the argument of a copular verb, especially être; often not translated in English
Pronoun
21se
The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.; himself; herself; oneself; itself; themselves; each other; The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
Pronoun
22faire
to do; to make; to say (of a person), to go (of an animal or device); to make (cause someone or something to do something); to act like (something); to be (of the weather or various situations); to do, to make (oneself); to be, to get (used for a passive action); to ripen (of fruit), to mature; to become used to, to get used to; …
Verb
24sur
on, upon; on top of; from on top of; above; out of; in the case of; about, concerning; in (a place)
Preposition
25par
through; by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction); over (used to express direction); from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement); around, round (inside of); on (situated on, used in certain phrases); on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs); in; per, a, an; out of (used to describe the reason for something); …
Preposition
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