French to English
Here, some contributors ask questions about translations of French words and phrases. Other contributors answer with the range of possible answers in English. Translation is not always direct, literal, or obvious from French into English!
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'une anse' is a bay at the seaside in French. 'Grand anse' or 'Grande Anse' are placenames meaning 'large bay' in French.
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"Babette" is a short / nickname for girls named Elisabeth.
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bluer than the blue of your eyes
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directeur d'une compagnie de danse [classique], directeur d'une compagnie de ballet
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c'est mignon means 'that's cute' in French.
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"fromage" is masculine : un fromage, le fromage, du fromage.
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un hublot is a French word for the small, round window you find on boats. Or a 'porthole'.
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this is not actual french as such, more a kind of slang, but it means roughly: "the retarded"
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une poste (feminine) is a post office ; un poste (masculine noun) is a job or position in a company, administration, or...
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aimez-vous étudier le français ? (do you like to study French?) vous aimez étudier le français. (you like to study French.)#...
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une mère means a mother - un oncle is an uncle.
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Learn French, it is spelled: ' Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, (ce soir)? To French native speakers "Tu veux coucher avec moi (ce...
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I'm happy to have you - I love you
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The time of your life. ('le temps de votre vie' sounds like a phrase translated into French, this is certainly not something a...
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l'Allemagne means Germany in French.
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When you're looking at an e-mail, the arobase is the @ sign
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I hate you for a lot of reasons but I love you without reason
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I will have to undertake that.
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lol it means come with me and good times roll... in other words come with me for a good time...
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That means nothing except that it reminds us of the Atlantic port town of La Rochelle.
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la marque is the mark, the make, or the trademark in French. ca fait mal translates as 'it hurts'
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Sorry! This phrase is not in French. Their are missing some letters.
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(se) réveiller is to wake up in French. réveille-toi = wake up! - je suis réveillé = I am awake - elle se réveille = she is...
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it's time for you to live a new one
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araignée Pronounced "a - ré - nié" "a" like in "Ask" "ré" like in "REdemption" "nié" don't have an English...
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Je vous ai informé au sujet de ceci Passé simple: I have informed you about this
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it's french for "the two sides of the sheet"
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It means "i've got the same dress"
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Je suis encore à Paris demain. This means, "I am still in Paris tomorrow."The phrase "en Paris" in your question is a mistake....
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je suis... (zhuh swee) amusant (ah-mew-sah[n]) comique (kuh-meek) drôle (drole) rigolo (ree-go-lo) marrant (mah-rah[n]) ...
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You don't have the original quite right. Pois is masculine and ma is feminine, but in french adjectives and possessive pronouns...
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La photo, it's feminine.
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There is a direct line on the metro: Line 4, direction Porte d'Orléans, to Montparnasse-Bienvenue.
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I love you more than yesterday, less than tomorrow.
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the three months of winter are (décembre, janvier, février)
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you are welcome to our house/place/here
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"no question" that is, I have nothing to ask. Note that "pas question" (without the de) is a strong expression similar in...
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French words, greeting when addressing to two or more female persons (this means that the age does not matter, it could be young...
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The IPA pronunciation is [ɛ̃ kʁut], roughly "on kroot". The E is nasal, and the R is rolled in the back of the throat-the...
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"Je n'aime pas faire du vélo" means "I don't like to bike" or "I don't like to ride bikes"
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Louisiana was named in 1682 by the French explorer la Salle for Louis XIV of France, and originally applied to the entire...
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"... de cochon pour ..." means ' ... of pig for ...'
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'bonne nuit les amis de prendre soin' translates literally as 'good night friends to take care'
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I like handicrafts, it's ok.
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it's good that everyone is different
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The best guess I can come up with is it could be CHANSON D' AMOUR by Manhattan Transfer.
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I love you my beautiful angel
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How am I? What do I look like?
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tu dis koi de bon is a text message sentence meaning "what are you saying, what's new?"
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The English word 'gourmet' comes to us (1820) from the French 'gourmet', altered from the Old French 'grommes' (plural), meaning...
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'public' is either a noun or an adjective in French. The noun can take an 's' as a plural mark. the adjective is spelled 'public...
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Depends: "Va a ser" means "is going to be" a doctor or "is going to become" a doctor.Ex.El va ser un médico."Va a estar" means...
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A woman who stays a lot in her bedroom
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I am the lady of Camellias.
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"Comment ca va?" Means "How ya doin? How's things? What's happening?"
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Tu mano can mean your hand or it can mean your brother where mano is short for hermano. In the last sense, mano in Spanish would...
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Pinot is a variety of grape used to make wine, especially in the region of Burgundy or in the area of Sancerre in center France.
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The word 'bisous' is French for kisses. It's a masculine gender noun. The form in the singular is 'bisou' ['kiss'].
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I think you mean port de bras. It means 'movement of the arms' and involves moving the arms through different positions in a...
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Non Sine Palma Pulvere literally means "Not Without Dust On The Palm" however some may translate it as "No Palm Without Dust" ...
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Shah, actually spelled "cher" means "dear" in french. It is typically used by Cajun French-speaking inhabitants of South...
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petit bateau means small boat in French. This is also a brand name for young children's clothes.
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Force majeure = Absolute necessity You use the expression 'c'est un cas de force majeure' = it's a case of absolute necessity
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je suis allée au marché je suis allée jouer avec le fils du voisin je suis allée chercher le ballon je suis allée manger,...
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I also love you my little goat
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une boite is a box in French. It may also be the disco.
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Envoyez mon amour à Tour Eiffel
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le means 'the'. It has to be followed by a masculine, singular noun. ex: le soleil, le chien, le soir, le frère : the sun, the...
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In which country does the River Thames flow ?
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It means "room number" as in the number of a school classroom.
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It literally translates to "mol pour your grave comples"
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It could mean - what a lot of fuss! or what business or matter? (are you referring to?)
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LEVANT is the present participle of LEVER, to lift, so it means lifting. With the E on the end, it's feminine. However, LEVER is...
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> o amor basta por si mesmo It's an idiom that means "It / that is needed."
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mesdames is the plural form of madame. ex: les mesdames des mesdames
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I think you may be misspelling the French word 'hors d'œvres', which are appetizers or starters, to be eaten before the main...
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