Words 1–100
de
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
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
Verb
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)
Verb
à
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
que
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
en
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
pas
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
il
he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject); it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects); Impersonal subject; it
Pronoun
pour
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
ne
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
du
contraction of de + le, literally “of the”
dans
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
le
him, her, it, them; replaces the argument of a copular verb, especially être; often not translated in English
Pronoun
se
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
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; …
Verb
au
contraction of à + le, literally “to the, for the, at the”
sur
on, upon; on top of; from on top of; above; out of; in the case of; about, concerning; in (a place)
Preposition
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
que
The inanimate direct-object or predicative interrogative pronoun: what; The inanimate subject interrogative pronoun in impersonal constructions.; The inanimate subject interrogative pronoun.; The direct object relative pronoun.
Pronoun
plus
used to express the comparative and superlative of a following adjective or adverb; more, -er (comparative); most, -est (superlative); more, most (to a greater / the greatest extent); the more ...; more (a greater amount); [with de] more of a following noun; [with de or que] more than a following number or fraction; more, in addition; plus; …
Adverb
des
contraction of de + les, literally “of the, from the, some”
pouvoir
can, to be able to; may (of a choice); to be possible; may, could be; to have the right (to); to have the power, the authority or the talent (to do something)
Verb
ça
that (distal demonstrative pronoun); this (proximal demonstrative pronoun); it (alternative form of ce as a subject of être in tenses other than the present and imperfect indicative); it, that, they, them (reduplicated pronoun referring to an indefinite or generic noun phrase); it (dummy pronoun); used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action; people; creates isolated emphatic forms of the interrogatives qui, où, quand, comment and pourquoi; he, she, it (third-person singular subject pronoun); him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun); they (third-person plural subject pronoun); …
Pronoun
vous
the plural personal pronoun in the second person; you (all); you, to you (indirect object pronoun); plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person
Pronoun
en
Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.); Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
Pronoun
y
there (at a place); there, thither (to there); Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.; With verbs: see Appendix:French verbs followed by à for verbs which use this structure.; 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.
Pronoun
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)
Verb
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); …
Verb
mon
my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender); Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
Determiner
bien
well; indeed; so; a lot (of); very; really; much (more, less, better, etc.); Used to confirm or ask for confirmation
Adverb
aux
Contraction of à + les ('to the' or 'of the')
lui
him, he, it; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject; him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
Pronoun
autre
other; another; used to express the equivalence or resemblance between two or more things; second
Adjective
devoir
must, to have to, should (as a requirement); must; should; must, to do or have with certainty; to owe (money, obligation and etc); (even) if it is necessary (+ infinitive); to have a duty to
Verb
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
Verb
moi
me (first-person singular disjunctive pronoun); me (first-person singular object pronoun of imperative verbs)
Pronoun
bon
good; right, correct, appropriate; sexy, hot, smoking hot; generous, agreeable; nice, fine
Adjective
savoir
to know (something); to know how (to do something); to be able to, to be apt to (especially in the negative or interrogative conditional; used in the positive in Belgium); to find out
Verb
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; …
Verb
grand
big; tall; grown up, big; great (i.e. important, outstanding, noble, fine, renowned); grand; big fat, great big (an intensifier); greater (together with the surrounding area pertaining to it)
Adjective
mettre
to put; to place; to put on; to set; to start (something / doing something); to get around to it; to penetrate
Verb
passer
to go past; to cross (a border); to pass; to spend (time); to publish (a newspaper); to take, to sit (an exam or test); to pass (an exam or test); (transitive) to pass (an exam or test); to run; to exceed (a limit); …
Verb
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
Verb
trouver
to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one; to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so); to find oneself (at a place or in a situation); to be found, to be situated, to be; to be the case, to turn out (that)
Verb
là
referring to physical place; there; here; present (used with être); referring to an abstract destination or goal; there; used to emphasize a statement or question
Adverb
donner
to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else; to donate; to come across
Verb
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
Verb