This is the 3644th most frequent French word.
mathieu
"Mathieu" is a French given name equivalent to "Matthew" in English.
'Mathieu' is used here as a proper noun referring to the name of a person.
Mathieu joue au football avec ses amis.
Mathieu is playing football with his friends.
'Mathieu' is used here to indicate possession using the possessive construct 'de Mathieu'.
Le livre de Mathieu est sur la table.
Mathieu's book is on the table.
'Mathieu' is used here as the subject of the verb 'aimer', indicating the person performing the action of loving classical art.