la
/mɛ̃/
Translation
hand
Word origin
From Latin manus ('hand'). The same root gave English manual, manage and manufacture.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- manus
- English cognates
- manual, manage, manufacture, manuscript
Grammar
Examples
- , .
Give me your hand, we will cross together.
, .
She has green fingers, all her plants are beautiful.
, .
He read the news first, hand on heart.
- .
Give me your hand to cross the road.
.
He took the situation in hand quickly.
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French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
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French Relative Pronouns After a Preposition: lequel, auquel, duquel
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The French Subjunctive After Superlatives and Exclusives
The French Subjunctive in Relative Clauses
The French Past Subjunctive: subjonctif passé
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The French Passive Voice (la voix passive)
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