complex

complex
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
adjective
a. complexe
My health insurance plan is too complex even for me, and I'm a doctor.Mon régime d'assurance maladie est trop complexe, même pour moi qui suis médecin.
b. compliqué
The situation is too complex to explain in five minutes.La situation est trop compliquée pour être expliquée en cinq minutes.
a. complexe
The students are practicing combining two simple sentences into a complex sentence.Les élèves s’entraînent à combiner deux phrases simples en une phrase complexe.
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
a. le complexe
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
Gregòri lives in an apartment complex near the beach.Gregòri habite dans un complexe d'appartements près de la plage.
a. le complexe
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
Beth has a complex resulting from the time she spent in jail.Beth souffre d’un complexe à cause du temps qu’elle a passé en prison.
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