he

he [hi:]

1. personal pronoun

   a. (unstressed) il

• he has come il est venu

• here he is le voici

• he is a doctor il est médecin

• he is a small man c'est un homme petit

   b. (stressed) lui

• HE didn't do it ce n'est pas lui qui l'a fait

2. noun

(inf) mâle m

• it's a he (animal) c'est un mâle ; (baby) c'est un garçon

3. compounds

► he-man (inf) noun

(plural he-men) (vrai) mec (inf) m

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Note: he is almost always translated by il: he closed the door = il a fermé la porte. The emphatic form is lui

For exceptions and particular usages, see the entry below

[hiː, hɪ] 1.

pronoun il

he's seen us — il nous a vus

here he is — le voici

there he is — le voilà

he didn't take it — ce n'est pas lui qui l'a pris

she lives in Oxford but he doesn't — elle habite Oxford mais lui non

he's a genius — c'est un génie

he who — celui qui

he and I — lui et moi

2.

noun

it's a he — (colloq) (of baby) c'est un garçon; (of animal) c'est un mâle

English-French dictionary. 2013.