Words 1–100
être
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
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avoir
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)
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faire
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; …
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par
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
aller
to go; to attend (school, church regularly); to be going (to); will soon; forms a near-future tense; to be (feeling); to go well; to suit; to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process)
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dire
to say, to tell (to express through speech); to tell (to order, to advise); to say, to tell (to set out in writing); to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection); to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate); to say, to tell (to deliver, to recite); to seem like, to look like; to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark); to say, to tell (used when speaking of actions, of gestures, of looks, etc., that demonstrate someone's thinking); to call out (to denounce); …
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vouloir
to want, wish, desire; to expect; to think; forms rhetorical questions, perhaps better translated to English by rephrasing with would or should; to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem; to please do something
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bon
good; right, correct, appropriate; sexy, hot, smoking hot; generous, agreeable; nice, fine
Adjective
prendre
to take; to eat; to drink; to get; to buy; to rob; to deprive; to make; to catch, to work, to start; to get (something) caught (in), to jam; to get into, to come over (to cause to behave uncharacteristically, to affect in a surprising manner, to possess); to start having a negative feeling towards someone; to gain; …
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venir
to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker); used in venir de with the meaning of "originate from" or "have just done"; to cum, to come, to orgasm
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donner
to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else; to donate; to come across
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parler
to speak, talk; to be able to communicate in a language; to speak; to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name
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penser
to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something; to think, imagine, believe; to be of the opinion that, believe; to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts; to conceive a project; to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind; to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly; to believe being or doing something; to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone; to try or prepare to do something; …
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partir
to share, to share out, to divide; to go away, leave, depart; to originate; to die; to emanate; to start; to go
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croire
to believe (someone); to believe, to accept as true; to believe, to have faith; to think of oneself as, to consider oneself
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rester
to stay; to remain, be left over; to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality); to rest; to live
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arriver
to arrive (often followed by a location); to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive); to cope, to manage; to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully); to obtain a level of success or fame
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connaître
to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event); to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.); to know (sexually); to be knowledgeable (en about); to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially
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point
point (small mark); point; full stop, period (punctuation mark); stitch pattern; dot (Morse code symbol)
Noun
sortir
to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring out; to have or take; to organise; put by sort
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laisser
to leave, to leave behind; to forget, to leave alone; to leave with, to give; to let, to allow; to allow oneself, to let oneself
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tenir
to have; to hold; to keep; to stay; to hold; to hold on; to hold oneself, to be standing; to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition; to behave; to be attached (to), to be fond (of), to hold dear; to hold dear, to be keen (about), to insist (upon); to consider (something); …
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suivre
to follow (literal sense); to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying); to take (a course or a class)
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changer
to exchange (something); to change (money, a job, one's circumstances etc.); to change, alter (something en into); to change (a diaper); to change; to change (one's clothes), get changed
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retrouver
to find (again); to rediscover; to remember; to recall; to meet; to meet up; to bump into; to go back to, to return to; to find oneself; to end up; to find each other
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chef
head; article, principal point; principal motive, charge, count of indictment; chief; top third of a coat of arms; a boss, chief, leader; a culinary chef, chief cook
Noun
plan
map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.); plane (flat surface); plane; shot; plan; hookup (short for plan cul); deal (short for bon plan); a small case inserted in the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from a full-body search
Noun
payer
to pay (for); to pay (someone); to buy (something); pay for (suffer the consequences of something); to pay off (to be fruitful)
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américain
of or pertaining to America; American; English (of or pertaining to the English language); "American"; anglophone, English-speaking
Adjective
marcher
to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work, to function; to step; to cooperate; to believe
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tomber
to fall; to come down; to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call); to become, to get
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poser
to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody); to ask or pose (a question); to land (a plane); to lay, place; to install, fit; to relax, settle
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terme
terms (conditions); conclusion, end (of a period of time, distance, or journey); term (word, expression); deadline, due date (rent, pregnancy, contract); rent
Noun
découvrir
to discover; to show, to reveal; to leave uncovered, to expose; to leave unprotected, to expose
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manquer
to lack; to be lacking in; to be short of [with de] (something); to miss [with à] (someone or something), literally "to be missing to someone"; to fail in, to fail to fulfil [with à] (a duty, promise, obligation); to be lacking; to be absent; to be in short supply; to almost do; to narrowly avoid; to miss, to fail
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simple
single; simple, straightforward, easy; simple, plain, unsophisticated; synthetic; non analytic; simple, uncompounded; one-way; mere
Adjective
considérer
to consider (to look at); to consider (to look at) each other; to consider (to think about); to consider, to think of; to consider each other, to think of each other
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abord
the manner with which one acts in the presence of another person or persons, especially in a first encounter; the surroundings of a place; arrival or accessibility by water
Noun
occuper
to occupy, to take up; to employ; to be busy, to keep oneself busy; to take care of, to tend to, to deal with someone
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monter
to go up, to climb (go to a higher position); to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs; to get on, get in (a vehicle); to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.)); to stage, put on (a show); to ride (a horse); to mount (a horse); to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position); to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.); to raise (increase the level, price etc.); …
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tourner
to turn; to change (direction); to rotate; to spin; to go around; to circle (something); to revolve around; to orbit (a celestial body); to turn into; to become (something); to revolve around; to concern (a topic); to stir (a liquid, sauce, or mixture, especially with a circular movement); to go bad; to spoil (food); to tour; to go on tour; to film; to shoot a film; to run (a program, application, etc.); …
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prévoir
to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.); to forecast (weather); to plan; to allow, make plans for, prepare, make provision for; to stipulate
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marquer
to mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something); to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder); to brand (brandish someone's skin with a mark); to mark (to feature as a highlight of something); to score (e.g. a point or a goal)
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participer
to participate; to donate; to share (emotions); to have some of the characteristics of; to partake of
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