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French → English
pron
(partitive article) An indefinite quantity of; some/any (used with uncountable nouns).
Il faut boire du lait tous les jours.
(English) You must drink (some) milk every day.
Elle a acheté du pain.
(English) She bought some bread.
pron
(activity) Used with a countable noun to indicate doing an activity for a duration.
J’ai fait du tennis.
(English) I played (some) tennis.
Il fait du piano depuis cinq ans.
(English) He has been playing (the) piano for five years.
pron
(attribution) Used with an author's name to mean 'a work by' or 'in the style of'.
On dirait du Claude Monet.
(English) It looks like a Claude Monet.
J’ai lu du Françoise Sagan.
(English) I read some Françoise Sagan.
Entry ID: fr:en:du · Source: refined · Type: functionword