de

• Prep

  1. of (expresses belonging)
  2. of (used to express property or association)
  3. from (used to indicate origin)
  4. of (indicates an amount)
  5. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
  6. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
  7. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
  8. by (indicates the amount of change)

• Article
• Noun

nombreux

numerous, many

font

third-person plural present indicative of faire

de la

1. of the
2. some; the feminine partitive article

point de départ

1. starting point
2. starting point, point of departure

pour

1. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
2. for (in support of)
3. for (as a consequence for)
4. for (an intended destination)
5. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
6. for, to (according to)

des

• Article

  1. plural of un (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
  2. plural of une (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
  3. plural of du (“some; the plural partitive article”)
  4. plural of de la (“some; the plural partitive article”)
  5. plural of de l’ (“some; the plural partitive article”)

• Contraction

excursions

plural of excursion