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1 born
born [bɔ:n]∎ to be born naître;∎ she was born blind elle est née aveugle;∎ the town where I was born la ville où je suis né, ma ville natale;∎ Victor Hugo was born in 1802 Victor Hugo est né en 1802;∎ two children were born to her elle a mis au monde deux enfants;∎ born of an American father né d'un père américain;∎ a child born into this world un enfant qui vient au monde;∎ born and bred né et élevé;∎ she was born and bred in Boston c'est une Bostonienne de souche;∎ they were born to riches ils sont nés riches;∎ she was born Elizabeth Hughes, but writes under the name E.R. Johnson elle est née Elizabeth Hughes mais écrit sous le nom d'E.R. Johnson;∎ figurative the place where communism was born le lieu où est né le communisme;∎ anger born of frustration une colère née de ou due à la frustration;∎ familiar in all my born days de toute ma vie□ ;∎ familiar I wasn't born yesterday! je ne suis pas né d'hier ou de la dernière pluie!;∎ she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth elle est née avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche;∎ she was born lucky elle est née coiffée, elle est née sous une bonne étoile;∎ familiar there's one born every minute! il y en a toujours un qui tombe dans le panneau!∎ he's a born musician il est né musicien, c'est un musicien né;∎ you're a born fool tu es un parfait idiot;∎ she's a born worrier elle s'inquiète à tout propos;∎ he's a born loser il est né sous une mauvaise étoile -
2 born
born [bɔ:n]1. adjectivea. né• poets are born, not made on naît poète, on ne le devient pasb. ( = innate) a born actress une actrice-née2. compounds* * *[bɔːn] 1.2.to be born (out) of something — [idea, group] naître de quelque chose
- born combining formLondon-/Irish-born — né à Londres/en Irlande, originaire de Londres/d'Irlande
••in all my born days — (colloq) de toute ma vie
I wasn't born yesterday — (colloq) je ne suis pas né de la dernière pluie
there's one born every minute! — (colloq) quel idiot/quelle idiote!
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3 breed
A n1 Zool race f ;2 (type of person, thing) génération f.he was born and bred in Oxford, he's Oxford born and bred il est né à Oxford et il y a grandi.■ breed out:▶ breed out [sth], breed [sth] out éliminer [qch] par la sélection. -
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