Vocabulary
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
de
Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.; Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
Article
du
contraction of de + le, literally “of the”
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”
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
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
article
article (a piece of nonfictional writing); article; merchandise, sales article; section (of a law); joint, articulation; moment (only in the phrase à l'article de la mort)
Noun
rappeler
to call again; to call back; to remind; to recall, remember (use without de is formal and rare; use with de much more common but still proscribed); To request or order the return of (a faulty product).; to pull through (a rope)
Verb
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
Verb
liberté
liberty, freedom. 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "Qu'y a-t-il de plus doux dans ce monde que la liberté? What is there sweeter in this world than liberty?"
Noun
habitant
an inhabitant of some place; someone who has a poor understanding of social conventions, making them look backward; anybody from a rural or recently colonized area; a member of the habitation colony at Stadacona founded by Samuel de Champlain, where Quebec City now lies; Montreal Canadiens hockey club or supporter of Montreal Canadiens hockey club; a farmer
Noun
parc
park; playpen (for children); pen (for animals); number; stock (de (“of”)); fleet (of vehicles; of similar equipment)
Noun
pensée
a thought (first attested 1176 in Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès, ed. A. Micha, 5246); reflection, meditation, faculty of thinking (late 12th century); worry, concern (late 12th century); the mind as the seat of thinking (c. 1200); amorous attachment (c. 1200); manner of thinking (c. 1215); an idea coming up in one's mind (c. 1220 in Anseïs de Carthage, 332); the guiding idea of a decision made or one's will (c. 1274 in Adenet Le Roi, Berte, 1644); moral disposition (first quarter of 13th century); an operation of the mind (since 1636); …
Noun
dépendre
to depend (to be uncertain or contingent); to depend (to be contingent); to depend, to rely (for support); to belong to, to be part of; it's up to [with de ‘someone’, along with de (+ infinitive) or que (+ subjunctive clause) ‘to do something’] (often negated using ne ... que, which may not be translated); to unhang; to remove from a gallows
Verb
pomme
apple (fruit); any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size; the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead; a decorative motif in the shape of an apple; the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce; the head or face; ninny, nitwit, idiot; potato (from pomme de terre); crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (from the association with the Judgment of Paris); an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society
Noun
ressortir
to go or come back out; to go/come out again; to take back out; to take out [again]; to emerge from, according to evidence [with de ‘from’]; to stand out; to come under the jurispendence [of]
Verb
BIG
IG (Inspector General) abbreviation of bureau de l'inspecteur général (Inspector General's Office)
Noun
abuser
to mislead; to take advantage [with de ‘of’] (especially sexually); to abuse (use improperly); to go too far
Verb
tarder
to tarry; to be slow to do something (tarder à faire quelque chose); Used as an impersonal verb with de or que to express impatience.
Verb
allure
appearance, look; speed, pace; angle of a boat from the wind; gait (of a horse); chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)
Noun
chaussée
surface (of road); carriageway, roadway; causeway; highway. Belgian roads which are named in Dutch as steenweg (e.g. Waversesteenweg) and in Belgian French as chaussée (e.g. Chaussée de Wavre).
Noun
montée
climb (act of climbing/going up); rise; a generic used in some road names: 10, montée de Liesse.
Noun
CH
initialism of centre hospitalier (literally “hospital center”); initialism of club de hockey (“hockey club”); HC; initialism of club de hockey sur glace; alternative letter-case form of ch (“horsepower”)
Noun
coco
Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de coco; a kind of bean; Motor fuel; a type of licorice drink, by analogy with coconut milk; Commie; cocaine; egg; friendly, joking term for a friend; pal, mate, buddy; aggressive, disdainful term of address, usually preceded by mon, ma, or mes. Roughly punk or buddy, as in “You wanna try, punk?”, or “Hey buddy, what do you think you’re doing?”
Noun
munir
to provide, fit, equip (a person or object); to provide oneself [with de ‘with something’], to take a supply
Verb
grenade
pomegranate; grenade; insignia, badge; pomegranate (Grenade de guerre is used in French to describe a grenade in English heraldry)
Noun
colon
colonist, colonizer, colonial settler; camper (child in a colonie de vacances); sharecropper in the system of colonat partiaire; hillbilly, hick; colonel
Noun
dispenser
to excuse, exempt (de from); to dispense, give out, radiate; to distribute, dispense; to avoid, refrain (de from)
Verb
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
dernier
last; latest (most recent); latter (usually preceded by the determiner ce); see: ce dernier
Adjective