1000 Most Common French Words - 500 to 1000 Flashcards
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lieu
- n. place
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lieux
- n. plural of lieu
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ligne
- n. line
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lire
- v. (ambitransitive) to read
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lit
- n. bed
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livre
- n. book
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livres
- n. plural of livre
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loi
- n. law (legal code)
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loin
- adv. Far; distant.
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lois
- n. plural of loi; laws
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long
- adj. long
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longtemps
- adv. for a long time; over a long period
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longue
- adj. Feminine form of long
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lors
- adv. (+ de) at the time of; during
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lorsque
- conj. when (at a time when)
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lui
- pron. him; he; 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.
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lui-meme
- pron. himself.
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lumiere
- n. light
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lune
- n. (astronomy) moon.
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ma
- adj. feminine form of mon (possessive) My.
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madame
- n. a title or form of address for a woman; formerly for a married woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status
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mademoiselle
- n. Miss (as a form of address)
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main
- n. hand
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mains
- n. plural of main
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maintenant
- adv. now; currently
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mais
- conj. but
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maison
- n. house
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maisons
- n. plural of maison
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maitre
- n. master.
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maitresse
- n. mistress
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mal
- n. trouble; difficulty
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malade
- adj. ill; unwell; sick
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malgre
- prep. despite; in spite of.
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malheur
- n. sadness; unhappiness
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malheureux
- adj. unhappy; miserable
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manger
- vt. To eat.
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maniere
- n. manner; way
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marche
- n. march (formal; rhythmic way of walking)
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mari
- n. husband
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mariage
- n. marriage
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marquis
- n. marquess (title of nobility)
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matin
- n. morning
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mauvais
- adj. bad
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mauvaise
- adj. feminine of mauvais
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me
- pron. (direct object) me
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meilleur
- adj. better (comparative of bon; literally meilleur means plus bon)
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membres
- n. plural of membre
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meme
- adv. (used before the article) even
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memes
- adj. Plural form of meme
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memoire
- n. memory
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mer
- n. sea (large body of water)
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mere
- n. mother
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mes
- adj. plural of mon (possessive) My.
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messieurs
- n. plural of monsieur
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mesure
- n. measure
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mettre
- vt. to put; to place
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mieux
- adv. (comparative of bien); better
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milieu
- n. Place; setting; surroundings; social circle.
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mille
- num. thousand; a thousand; one thousand
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ministre
- n. minister
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minutes
- n. plural of minute
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mis
- v. past participle of mettre
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mise
- v. feminine past participle of mettre
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mit
- v. third-person singular indicative past historic of mettre
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moi
- pron. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
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moi-meme
- pron. myself.
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moindre
- adj. lower; less; lesser
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moins
- adv. less
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mois
- n. month
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moitie
- n. half
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moment
- n. moment (short period of time)
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mon
- adj. (possessive) my
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monde
- n. world
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monsieur
- n. mister; sir (a title or form of address for a man)
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montrer
- v. to show
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mort
- v. past participle of mourir
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morts
- adj. masculine plural of mort
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mot
- n. word
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mots
- n. plural of mot
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mourir
- vi. to die; to be dying
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mouvement
- n. movement
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moyen
- n. way; method of doing something
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moyens
- adj. masculine plural of moyen
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murs
- n. plural of mur
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musique
- n. music
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nature
- n. nature
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ne
- part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with the verbs pouvoir; savoir; cesser and oser)
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necessaire
- adj. necessary
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neuf
- num. nine
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nez
- n. nose
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ni
- conj. neither; nor
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noble
- adj. noble; aristocratic
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noir
- adj. black in colour.
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noirs
- n. plural of noir
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nom
- n. A name; especially a last name or family name.
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nombre
- n. number
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non
- adv. no
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nos
- adj. plural of notre (possessive) Our (belonging to us).
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notre
- adj. (possessive) Our.
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nous
- pron. The plural personal pronoun in the first person:
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nouveau
- adj. new
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nouveaux
- n. masculine plural of nouveau
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nouvelle
- adj. feminine of nouveau
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nouvelles
- adj. feminine plural of nouveau
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nuit
- n. night
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objet
- n. (perceptible) thing; object
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obtenir
- v. To get; to obtain
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occasion
- n. occasion; opportunity
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oeil
- n. nonstandard spelling of ?il
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oeuvre
- n. nonstandard spelling of ?uvre
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ombre
- n. shade; shadow
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on
- pron. One; people; you; someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun).
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ont
- v. third-person plural present indicative of avoir
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opinion
- n. opinion (thought; estimation)
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or
- n. gold
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ordre
- n. order (way in which things are arranged)
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ordres
- n. plural of ordre
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oreille
- n. ear
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ou
- conj. or
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o—
- adv. where (interrogative)
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ouvrage
- n. work; labour
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ouvrir
- v. to open
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ouvrit
- v. third-person singular past historic form of ouvrir; opened
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paix
- n. peace
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palais
- n. palace
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pale
- adj. pale (light in color)
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papier
- n. paper (A material used for writing or printing on; made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets).
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par
- prep. through
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paraissait
- v. third-person singular imperfect indicative form of paraitre
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parait
- v. third-person singular present indicative form of paraitre
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parce que
- conj. because
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parents
- n. plural of parent
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parfaitement
- adv. perfectly
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parfois
- adv. sometimes
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parlait
- v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of parler
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parle
- v. first-person singular present indicative of parler
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parle
- v. past participle of parler
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parler
- vi. to speak or talk.
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parmi
- prep. among
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parole
- n. voice; spoken word
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paroles
- n. plural of parole
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part
- n. share
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parti
- n. party (political)
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partie
- n. part (portion; amount)
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partir
- vi. to go away; to leave; to depart
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partout
- adv. everywhere
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parut
- v. third-person singular past historic form of paraitre
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pas
- n. step; pace; footstep
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passa
- v. third-person singular past historic of passer
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passage
- n. The act of going through a place or event.
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passait
- v. third-person singular indicative imperfect of passer
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passe
- n. pass (the act of passing)
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passe
- n. past tense
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passer
- vr. to take place; to happen
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passion
- n. (countable and uncountable) passion
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passions
- n. plural of passion
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pauvre
- adj. poor (financially deprived)
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pauvres
- adj. plural of pauvre
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pays
- n. land; country; region
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peine
- n. pain
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pendant
- adj. hanging
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pense
- v. first-person singular present indicative form of penser
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pensee
- n. thought
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pensees
- n. plural of pensee
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penser
- v. to think
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perdre
- vt. to lose (be unable to find)
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perdu
- adj. lost
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pere
- n. father (parent)
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permis
- n. permit; licence
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personne
- n. person
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personnes
- n. plural of personne
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petit
- adj. small
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petite
- adj. feminine of petit
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petites
- adj. feminine plural of petit
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petits
- n. plural of petit
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peu
- adv. not very; little; not much
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peuple
- n. people (in the sense of nationality or ethnic group)
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peur
- n. (countable; and; uncountable) fear
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peut
- v. third-person singular present indicative of pouvoir
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peut-etre
- adv. maybe; perhaps
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peuvent
- v. third-person plural present indicative of pouvoir
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peux
- v. first-person singular present indicative of pouvoir
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piece
- n. room (in a house; etc)
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pied
- n. (anatomy) foot
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pieds
- n. plural of pied
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pitie
- n. pity
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place
- n. Place; square; plaza; piazza
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plaisir
- n. pleasure
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plan
- n. plan
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plein
- adj. full; full up
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pleine
- adj. feminine of plein
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plupart
- n. main part; majority
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plus
- adv. more; -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
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plusieurs
- adj. several; many; a lot
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plutot
- adv. sooner; rather; instead
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point
- n. point (small mark)
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poitrine
- n. chest (of body)
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police
- n. (uncountable) police