agreement / changing the form of a determiner, adjective, past participle, or pronoun to reflect the gender and number of a noun it modifies or replaces
adjectif
adjective / a word that modifies a noun or pronoun, especially by describing its qualities
adverbe
adverb / a word that modifies a word other than a noun or pronoun, especially by describing manner, degree, or time
ajout
adjunct / a part of a sentence that, unlike a complement, could be removed without impacting its structure
antécédent
antecedent / the thing that a pronoun refers to or replaces
article
article / a short determiner that simply expresses whether a noun is definite or indefinite
attribut du sujet
predicate adjective / an adjective linked to the subject by an attributive verb like être
auxiliaire
auxiliary / the verb être or avoir used in combination with a past participle in a compound tense
complément
complement or object / a word, phrase, or clause that completes the meaning of another expression, usually a verb or preposition
complément direct
direct object / something affected by the action of a verb, unmarked by a preposition
complément oblique
indirect object / something affected by the action of a verb, marked by a preposition
conditionnel
conditional / the verbal mood expressing that a situation depends on some condition
conjonction
conjunction / a word that connects one word or expression to another of the same category
conjugaison
conjugation / changing the form of a verb to indicate its mood, tense, aspect, person and number
construction
construction / a grammatical pattern that expresses a particular meaning
déterminant
determiner / a word that indicates the definiteness, and often other qualities, of a common noun
imparfait
imperfect / the past tense that also expresses imperfective aspect
impératif
imperative / the verbal mood expressing a command, order, request, or suggestion
indicatif
indicative / the default verbal mood expressing that a situation exists in reality
infinitif
infinitive / a verbal mood expressing the meaning of a verb without tense or subject
nom
noun / a word that refers to something and can function as subject or object of a verb
nom commun
common noun / a noun that refers to a category rather than an individual person or thing
nom comptable
count noun /a noun that construes its referent as an item or items that could be counted
nom massif
mass noun / a noun that construes its referent as a substance of which individual parts cannot be counted
nom propre
proper noun / a noun that refers to an individual person or thing rather than a category
participe passé
past participle / the verb form used in compound tenses and passive constructions
participe présent
present participle / the verb form used like an adjective to modify nouns
passé composé
compound past / a past tense expressing perfective aspect, conjugated with a present tense auxiliary and a past participle
passé simple
simple past / a past tense used in certain literary styles in place of the compound past
personne
person / a grammatical concept referring to either the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
phrase principale
main clause / the clause that gives the primary meaning in a complex sentence
phrase relative
relative clause / a clause that describes a noun from the main clause of a complex sentence
phrase subordonnée
subordinate clause / a clause that explains a circumstance or secondary meaning in a complex sentence
plus-que-parfait
pluperfect / a past tense expressing anteriority, conjugated with an auxiliary in the imparfait and a past participle
préposition
preposition / a word expressing a spatial, temporal, conceptual or grammatical relation between two words or expressions
pronom
pronoun / a word that replaces a noun
quantifieur
quantifier / a word that describes the quantity of something
radical
stem / the part of a verb that stays the same when it is conjugated
subjonctif
subjunctive / the verbal mood expressing that a situation exists in the attitude or beliefs of the speaker
sujet
subject / the part of a sentence that performs the verb and determines the conjugation of the verb for person and number
temps composé
compound tense / any verb form composed of an auxiliary and a past participle
temps simple
simple tense / any verb form comprising a single word, without an auxiliary
terminaison
ending / the part of a verb that changes when it is conjugated
verbe
verb / a word that evokes a situation and is conjugated
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