/dɑ̃/
Translation
in, inside
Word origin
From Latin deintus ('from within'), a compound of de ('from') and intus ('inside'), via Old French denz.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- deintus
- English cognates
- intestine
Examples
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The keys are in my bag.
.
I will be there in ten minutes.
.
We live in a big city.
l' '.
He spent two years in the army before studying.
France.
This plant is found all over the south of France.
Used in
Stories
(8)Cuisiner ensemble
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La fête surprise
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Le dernier train de la nuit
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Le nouveau docteur
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Un après-midi de pluie
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Le café du quartier
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Un voyage difficile
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Une rencontre au marché
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Grammar articles
(13)French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
French Future Tense: Futur Proche, Futur Simple, and the Irregular Stems
French Imparfait: One Stem, One Set of Endings, One Irregular
French Impersonal Verbs: il y a, il faut, il fait and the Dummy Subject 'il'
The French Present Participle and Gerund (le participe présent et le gérondif)
French Partitives and 'de': du, de la, des and the Negation Rule
French Passé Composé: avoir or être + Past Participle and the MRS VANDERTRAMP Set
French Prepositions: à, de, en, dans, sur, chez and the Mandatory Contractions
French Pronouns Y and EN: there, some, of it, of them
French Superlatives: le plus, le moins, and the Irregulars
French Time Expressions: depuis, pendant, il y a and pour
The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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