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

milliers

plural of millier; thousands

grouillaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of grouiller

sur

• Prep

  1. on, upon
  2. on top of
  3. from on top of
  4. above
  5. out of
  6. in the case of
  7. about, concerning
  8. (informal) in (a place)

• Adj

la

• Article

  the (definite article)

• Pron
• Noun

place

• Noun

  1. place, square, plaza, piazza
  2. place, space, room
  3. place, seat

• Verb

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

grève

bank (of a river); shore, strand