principal
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adjective
- main, key, principal
noun
- someone or something which is important, key, paramount; that which matters most
- principalschool administrator
- principalthe money originally invested or loaned
Used in the library
- On mange le fromage après le plat principal et avant le dessert.Cheese is eaten after the main course and before dessert.A2Le pain et le fromage — Bread and cheese
- Les chantiers, la drave, ce sont les deux chapitres principaux de la grande industrie du bois, qui pour les hommes de la province de Québec est plus importante encore que celle de la terre.The construction sites, the drava, are the two main chapters of the large wood industry, which for the men of the province of Quebec is even more important than that of the earth.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- D’Artagnan, de son côté, entra bravement par la porte principale.D-Artagnan, for his part, bravely entered through the main door.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Au bout d'une heure le principal corps des Iroquois s'abattait sur les palissades en hurlant leur cri de guerre.At the end of an hour the main body of the Iroquois fell on the palisades shouting their war cry.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac