Showing posts with label everyday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label everyday. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Mot du Jour: Professeur



Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
professeur, ~e /pʀɔfesœʀ/
noun, masculine, feminine
professions
(enseignant) (de collège, lycée) teacher;
(dans l'enseignement supérieur) lecturer GB, professor US;
(titulaire d'une chaire) professor;
le ~ remplaçant the supply GB ou substitute US teacher;
titres Univ (titre) professor.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Mot du Jour: Recycler



Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
recycler /ʀ(ə)sikle/
transitive verb
(pour réutiliser) to recycle [matériau];
~ le personnel (former de nouveau) to retrain the staff;
(perfectionner) to provide refresher courses for the staff;
(réinvestir) to recycle [capitaux];
to reinvest [profits].

se recycler vpr
(se perfectionner) to update one's skills;
(faire un stage) to attend a refresher course;
(se reconvertir) to retrain;
(changer d'emploi) to change jobs.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mot du Jour: plastique



Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
plastique1 /plastik/
adjective plastic.
masculine noun (matière) plastic;
c'est du ~ it's plastic.
plastique2 /plastik/
feminine noun
(arts) la ~ the plastic arts (pl);
(sculpture) the art of sculpture;
(esthétique) (d'objet, de statue) formal beauty;
(de personne) physique.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Mot du Jour: mère

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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
mère /mɛʀ/
feminine noun
(génitrice) mother;
elles sont sages-femmes de ~ en fille they have been midwives for generations;
mariée et ~ de deux enfants married with two children;
(familiar) (femme) la ~ Michel old mother Michel;
(dans un couvent) ~ supérieure Mother Superior.
(-)mère (in compounds) cellule/maison ~ parent cell/company.

COMPOUNDS:
~ adoptive foster mother;
~ célibataire single mother;
~ de famille gén mother;
(ménagère) housewife;
~ patrie motherland;
~ porteuse surrogate mother;
~ poule hum mother hen.

IDIOMS:
il tuerait père et ~ pour avoir qch he'd kill to get sth.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Mot du Jour: Cartes

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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
carte /kaʀt/
feminine noun
(pour écrire) card;
(document) gén card;
(laissez-passer) pass;
→ jeux Jeux card;
~ à jouer playing card;
jouer aux ~s to play cards;
mettre ~s sur table fig to put one's cards on the table;
il possède plus d'une ~ dans son jeu he's got other cards up his sleeve;
Géog map;
~ marine/du ciel sea/astronomical chart;
Biol ~ génétique genetic map;
(au restaurant) menu;
manger à la ~ to eat à la carte, to order from the menu;
horaire à la ~ fig personalized timetable;
activités sportives à la ~ choice (sg) of sporting activities.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mot du Jour: Bouton

Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

bouton /butɔ̃/
masculine noun
(en couture) button;
sans ~s buttonless;
Tech (d'appareil) (à tourner) knob;
(à presser) button;
Méd spot GB, pimple US;
(de fleur) bud.

COMPOUNDS:
~ de fièvre Méd cold sore;
~ de manchette cuff link;
~ de porte doorknob.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Mot du Jour: accueil

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
welcome /ˈwelkəm/
noun accueil m;
to give sb a warm ~ faire un accueil chaleureux à qn.
adjective
bienvenu/-e;
to be ~ être le bienvenu/la bienvenue m/f;
to make sb ~ (on arrival) réserver un bon accueil à qn;
‘thanks’—‘you're ~’ ‘merci’—‘de rien’.
exclamation (to respected guest) soyez le bienvenu/la bienvenue m/f chez nous!;
(greeting friend) entre donc!;
~ back!, ~ home! je suis content que tu sois de retour!
transitive verb accueillir (person);
se réjouir de (news, decision, change);
être heureux/-euse de recevoir (contribution);
accueillir favorablement (initiative, move).

Monday, August 16, 2010

Mot du Jour: Stylo (Pen)



Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
stylo /stilo/
masculine noun
(fountain) pen;
~ bille ball-point pen;
~ feutre felt-tip pen.

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
pen /pen/
noun
(for writing) stylo m;
(for animals) parc m, enclos m.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Mot du Jour: menuiserie

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
menuiserie /mənɥizʀi/ feminine noun woodwork.

menuiserie:

menuiserienf (ébénisterie) ébénisteriewoodwork
menuiserienf (ébénisterie) ébénisteriewoodworking

Additional Translations
menuiserienf (métier d'un menuisier) joiner's craftjoinery

Compound Forms
menuiserie intérieure

millwork
menuiserie préfabriquée

millwork
travaux de menuiserie

millwork

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Mot du Jour: Aide (Help)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

aide1 /ɛd/
I.noun, masculine & feminine assistant

COMPOUNDS:
~ à domicile carer, home help;
~ familiale mother's help.

II.aide- (combining form) ~-soignant nursing auxiliary GB, nurse's aide US.
aide2 /ɛd/ feminine noun

1.(from individual, group) help, assistance;
(from state) assistance;
apporter son ~ à qn to help sb;
2.(financial) aid;
~ au développement foreign aid;
~ judiciaire legal aid.


aider /ede/ (conjugate⇒)
I.transitive verb
1.to help (à faire to do);
2.to aid;
to give aid to.

II.aider à verb+preposition to help toward(s) [understanding, funding].

III.s'aider reflexive verb (+ v être)
1.s'~ de to use [dictionary, tool];
2.to help each other.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mot du Jour: Rouge (Red)

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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

rouge /ʀuʒ/
I.adjective
1.gen red;
[person, face] flushed;
2.[beard, hair, fur] ginger;
3.red-hot.


II.noun, masculine & feminine (communist) Red.


III.masculine noun
1.red;
le ~ lui monta au visage he/she went red in the face;
2.~ à joues blusher, rouge;
~ à lèvres lipstick;
3.le feu est au ~ the (traffic) lights are red;
passer au ~ to jump the lights GB or a red light;
4.(familiar) red (wine);
gros ~ (familiar) cheap red wine;
un coup de ~ (familiar) a glass of red wine.


IDIOMS:
être ~ comme une tomate or une écrevisse (from embarrassment) to be as red as a beetroot GB or a beet US;
(from running) to be red in the face.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Mot du Jour: Pâte (Pastry)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

pâte /pɑt/
I.feminine noun
1.pastry;
dough;
batter;
2.paste.

II.pâtes noun, feminine plural ~s (alimentaires) pasta.

COMPOUNDS:
~ d'amandes marzipan;
~s de fruit(s) fruit jellies;
~ à modeler Plasticine®;
~ à tartiner spread.

IDIOMS:
mettre la main à la ~ to pitch in.


pâté /pɑte/ masculine noun

1.pâté;
2.pie;
~ en croûte ≈ pie;
3.~ de maisons block (of houses);
4.(ink)blot;
5.sandcastle.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Mot du Jour: Livre (Book)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

livre1 /livʀ/ masculine noun
book;
c'est mon ~ de chevet it's my bedside book;
figurative it's my bible.

COMPOUNDS:
~ blanc blue book;
~ de bord logbook;
~ d'or visitors' book;
~ de poche® paperback;
~ scolaire schoolbook.
livre2 /livʀ/ feminine noun

1.pound;
~ sterling pound sterling;
~ irlandaise Irish pound, punt;
2.(unit of weight) half a kilo;
(in UK) pound.

livrer /livʀe/

I.transitive verb
1.to deliver [goods];
~ qn to deliver sb's order;
2.to hand [sb] over [criminal];
to betray [accomplice, secret];
3.être livré à soi-même to be left to one's own devices;
4.il nous livre un peu de lui-même he reveals something of himself.

II.se livrer reflexive verb (+ v être)
1.se ~ à un trafic de drogue to engage in drug trafficking;
2.se ~ à [criminal] to give oneself up to;
3.se ~ à un ami to confide in a friend.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Mot du jour: Fil (Thread)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

fil /fil/
I.masculine noun
1.thread;
→ See Also→ coudre;
2.yarn;
3.string;
~ de fer wire;
4.wire;
(on appliance) flex GB, cord US;
(on phone) lead;
coup de ~ (familiar) (phone) call;
au bout du ~ (familiar) on the phone;
5.(of conversation, text) thread;
perdre le ~ des événements to lose track of events;
6.(of razor) edge.
II.au fil de phrase in the course of;
au ~ des ans over the years;
aller au ~ de l'eau to go with the flow.

COMPOUNDS:
~ conducteur (of heat) conductor;
(of novel) thread;
(of inquiry) lead;
~ directeur guiding principle.

IDIOMS:
ne tenir qu'à un ~ to hang by a thread.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Mot du jour: Anniversaire

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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

anniversaire /anivɛʀsɛʀ/
adjective date or jour ~ de anniversary of.
masculine noun
birthday;
anniversary.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Mot du Jour: Verre (Glass)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:


verre /vɛʀ/ masculine noun
glass;de or en ~ glass;un ~ à eau/vin a water/wine glass;~s et couverts glassware and cutlery;lever son ~ à la santé de qn to raise one's glass to sb;
glass, glassful;un ~ d'eau/de vin a glass of water/wine;
drink;
lens;~ grossissant magnifying glass.


COMPOUNDS:
~ de contact contact lens;~ à pied stemmed glass.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Mot du Jour: Examen (Exam)



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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

examen /ɛgzamɛ̃/ masculine noun
  1. Sch, Univ examination, exam;
    passer un ~ to take an exam;
    ~ de rattrapage retake, resit GB;
  1. Med examination;
  1. examination;
    consideration;
    review;
    être en cours d'~ to be under review;
    to be under consideration;
  1. inspection.
COMPOUNDS:
~ blanc mock (exam), practice exam;
~ de conscience self-examination;
~ spécial d'entrée à l'université, ESEU university entrance exam for students not having the baccalaureate.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Mot du Jour: écrire (to write)


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écrire /ekʀiʀ/

transitive verb
1. to write;
2. to spell.

s'écrire
reflexive verb
(+ être)

1.to be written;
2.to be spelled.


Indicative Present of écrire:

Jeécris
Tuécris
Il/Elleécrit
Nousécrivons
Vousécrivez
Ils/Ellesécrivent

Expressions with the verb

J'écris un note. I'm writing a note.
ça s'écrit comment? How is it spelled?

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Mot Du Jour: Portable (Cellphone)

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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
portable /pɔʀtabl/
  1. adjective
portable;
ordinateur ~ laptop computer.
  1. masculine noun mobile (phone) GB;
    cellular phone, cellphone US.
A note to all readers: This might be the last of the Mot du Jour Series. I'm looking ways to find dictionary entries that wouldn't infringe any copyright. Until then this would be the latest from the Mot du Jour series.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Mot du Jour: Crayon (Pencil)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
pencil noun crayon m;
in ~ au crayon. pencil in:
~ [sth] in, ~ in [sth] écrire [qch] au crayon;
let's ~ in the second of May disons le deux mai pour l'instant.


pencil: WordReference French-English Dictionary © 2009
Principal Translations/Principales traductions
pencil (writing implement)nmcrayon (pour écrire, dessiner)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
blue pencil
crayon bleu
blue pencilnmcaviar (Imprimerie)
blue-pencil (US)vcorriger ⇒
charcoal pencilnmfusain
drawing pencilnmcrayon à papier
eye pencilnmcrayon pour les yeux
eyebrow pencilnmcrayon (à sourcils)
lead pencilnmcrayon à mine
lip pencilnmcrayon (pour contours)
mechanical pencilnmporte-mine
pencil boxnmplumier
pencil casenftrousse
pencil casenmplumier
pencil cupnmpot à crayons
pencil drawing
dessin au crayon
pencil holdernmporte-crayon
pencil pusher (US)nmscribouillard (gratte-papier)
pencil sharpenernmtaille-crayons
pencil sharpenernmtaille-crayon
pencil strokenmcrayon (rature)
red-pencilvcensurer ⇒ (au stylo rouge)


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