Vocabulary
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
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
⠝
The independent word ne.
n'
Prevocalic form of ne.
je ne sais quoi
a certain something, je ne sais quoi (intangible quality that makes something distinctive)
Noun
en avril ne te découvre pas d'un fil, en mai fais ce qu'il te plaît
ne'er cast a clout till May be out
Proverb
pharmacien-ne-s
pharmacists: gender-neutral neologism for pharmaciens m and pharmaciennes f (“pharmacists”); plural of pharmacien-ne.
Noun
ne faire que
For non-idiomatic uses: see faire (“do”) and ne...que (“nothing but”); only, merely, just; indicates a continued or repeated action, especially if excessive or undesirable: keep
Verb
Mycènes
Mycenae (an ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000 B.C.E.)
Name
neige
snow, crystalline frozen precipitation; cocaine, crack; snow, pattern of dots seen on an untuned television set
Noun