EntryCommon
  1. Pron

    he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)

    masculinesingularthird-person

    Il est parti.
    He left.
  2. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)

    masculinesingularthird-person

    Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ?
    I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
  3. Impersonal subject; it

    impersonalmasculinepronounsingularthird-person

    Il pleut.
    It’s raining.