What is the meaning of être?

to be

to be

to be

to be located; to be situated [with preposition ‘location’]

to denote time, day, or date

used to form compound tenses and structures, such as the perfect and pluperfect

1. certain intransitive verbs that indicate movement or a change of state (see the full list)

   certain intransitive verbs that indicate movement or a change of state (see the full list)

   all reflexive verbs

   the passive voice

   being, thing, creature

   being, the state or fact of existence

   alternative form of ête (“to be”)

   Source: wiktionary.org