blue
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
adjective
a. bleu
That blue shirt suits you.Cette chemise bleue te va bien.
a. déprimé
People often feel blue during the dark, cold winter months.Les gens se sentent souvent déprimés pendant les mois sombres et froids de l'hiver.
b. triste
I can't help feeling blue on Sunday afternoons.Je ne peux pas m'empêcher de me sentir triste le dimanche après-midi.
a. bleu
It's a blue state. The candidate will never win there.C’est un État bleu. Le candidat ne gagnera jamais là-bas.
a. porno
A word or phrase that doesn't change according to the number or gender of the thing it describes (e.g., les chiens marron).
(invariable)
I thought it was a blue film, but it was a perfume commercial.Je pensais que c’était un film porno, mais c’était une publicité pour un parfum.
b. cochon
Ron is a tasteless man who always tells blue jokes.Ron est un homme de mauvais goût qui raconte toujours des blagues cochonnes.
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
a. le bleu
(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)
Blue seems to be everybody's favorite color.Le bleu semble être la couleur préférée de tout le monde.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., acheter).
transitive verb
6.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(to squander)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom.
(United Kingdom)
a. claquer
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Jack blued his inheritance in less than a year.Jack a claqué son héritage en moins d'un an.
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