vocab dash

Vocabulary

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

àmha

IMHO

Adverb

à cette heure

now, presently; immediately, at once

Adverb

à le

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see à, le.

Article

à la

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see à, la.; a la, in the style or manner of (with a feminine singular adjective or a proper noun)

Preposition

à pic

precipitous, perpendicular, vertical

Adjective

à bas

down with, away with

Adverb

à cru

bareback (without a saddle)

Adverb

à vie

for life; perpetual

Prepositional phrase

à sec

dry, dried up; broke (lacking money; bankrupt)

Adjective

à vue

by sight, on sight

Adverb

à pic

at just the right moment, just at the right time, just when needed, in a timely fashion

Adverb

à moi

For non-idiomatic uses see à and moi; mine (adjectival sense)

Pronoun

à moi

help! (A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance)

Interjection

à vif

skinless, skinned, raw, bared; open; on edge, uptight

Adjective

à sec

dry, without proper lubrication

Adverb

à les

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see à, les.

Preposition

à mort

to death; very, extremely, as hell

Adverb

à quai

docked, at the quayside; standing at the platform

Adjective

à tort

wrongfully, unjustly; wrongly, mistakenly

Adverb

à bout

at the end of one's tether

Adjective

à part

exceptional, special

Adjective

à cœur

to the core, all the way through, thoroughly; in the core

Prepositional phrase

à bord

aboard, on board

Adjective

à bloc

flat out; riding as hard as possible

Adverb

à part

apart from, except

Preposition

à fond

right to the bottom; all the way: totally; completely; entirely, throughout

Adverb

à donf

synonym of à fond

Adverb

à demi

half

Adverb

à pied

on foot

Adverb

à flot

afloat, buoyant; above water

Prepositional phrase

à même

directly on, directly from; in contact with

Preposition

à-coup

jerk, jolt

Noun

à part

apart

Adverb

à côté

beside, next to; next door

Preposition

à date

to this day, to date, so far, thus far

Adverb

à poil

in the buff, stark naked, starkers

Adjective

à jeun

on an empty stomach

Prepositional phrase

à plus

see you, later, laters

Interjection

à-côté

perk, extra benefit

Noun

à gogo

à gogo; in abundance, galore

Adverb

à plat

flat, level, horizontal; flat, deflated; flat (unable to emit power; dead); flat, listless, lethargic, dead beat, tired out

Adjective

à quia

silenced, nonplussed, speechless, tongue-tied, dumbfounded

Adjective

à jour

up-to-date, current

Adjective

à temps

in time (sufficiently early for something)

Adverb

à flots

in torrents, abundantly, aplenty

Adverb

à court

out of, short of

Preposition

à point

at the right moment, at the right time, on time; medium rare (food); softened up (of a suspect)

Adjective

à vomir

nauseating, disgusting, revolting

Adjective

à chaud

when the material is hot; immediately, spontaneously, in the heat of the moment, off the cuff, without allowing things to cool off, without thinking

Adverb

à venir

to come, coming, upcoming, future, ahead

Adjective

à chier

lousy, shit, shitty, crappy

Adjective

à l'œil

for free, for nothing; by sight

Adverb

à chier

extremely, very