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1 mœurs
mœʀ(s)nom féminin pluriel1) ( usages) gén customs; ( de milieu social) lifestyle (sg)entrer dans les mœurs — [usage] to become part of everyday life
comédie de mœurs — Littérature comedy of manners
2) ( habitudes de conduite) habits3) ( moralité) morals••autres temps, autres mœurs — other days, other ways
* * *mœʀ(s) nfpl1) (= conduite)2) (= pratiques sociales)3) (= mode de vie) lifestyle sg4) [espèce animale] behaviour sg Grande-Bretagne behavior sg USA* * *mœurs nfpl1 ( usages) (d'époque, de pays, peuple) customs, mores sout; ( de milieu social) lifestyle (sg); les mœurs de la bourgeoisie/des banlieusards the bourgeois/suburban lifestyle; entrer dans les mœurs [usage, pratique] to become part of everyday life; il faut vivre avec les mœurs de son temps you've got to move with the times; roman/comédie de mœurs Littérat novel/comedy of manners; l'évolution des mœurs the change in attitudes; les mœurs politiques political practices;2 ( habitudes de conduite) habits; avoir des mœurs austères/simples to have austere/simple habits, to have an austere/a simple lifestyle; les mœurs des renards the habits of foxes;3 ( moralité) morals; des mœurs relâchées or dissolues loose morals; avoir des mœurs irréprochables to have the highest moral standards; leur conduite est contraire aux bonnes mœurs their behaviourGB is not in keeping with good moral standards; la police des mœurs, les Mœurs○ the vice squad; une sordide affaire de mœurs a sordid sex case; ⇒ adoucir.autres temps, autres mœurs other days, other ways.[mɶr(s)] nom féminin pluriel[style de vie] life-style————————de mœurs locution adjectivale1. [sexuel]2. LITTÉRATUREcomédie/roman de mœurs comedy/novel of manners -
2 c'est contraire aux bonnes mœurs
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > c'est contraire aux bonnes mœurs
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3 convenance
convenance [kɔ̃vnɑ̃s]feminine nounb. ( = étiquette) les convenances the proprieties* * *kɔ̃vnɑ̃s
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lundi ou mardi, à votre convenance — on Monday or Tuesday, at your convenience
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convenances nom féminin pluriel ( bienséance) (social) conventionsrespecter les convenances — to respect convention ou the conventions
* * *kɔ̃vnɑ̃s1. nf2. convenances nfpl* * *A nf cette maison est à ma convenance ( à mon goût) this house is to my liking; ( qui m'arrange) this house suits me; pour (des motifs de) convenance personnelle for personal reasons; lundi ou mardi, à votre convenance on Monday or Tuesday, to suit you ou at your convenience; un mariage de convenance a marriage of convenience.B convenances nfpl ( bienséance) conventions; respecter/braver les convenances to respect/to defy convention ou the conventions; au mépris des convenances in defiance of convention; par souci des convenances for propriety's sake.[kɔ̃vnɑ̃s] nom fémininla convenance d'humeur ou de goût entre deux personnes affinity of taste between two people————————convenances nom féminin plurielrespecter les convenances to respect ou to observe the proprietiesà ma convenance locution adverbiale,à sa convenance etc. locution adverbialeas suits me/him etc. (best)————————pour convenance(s) personnelle(s) locution adverbiale
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