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size [saɪz]a. taille f ; [of room, building, car, chair] dimensions fpl ; [of egg, fruit, jewel] grosseur f ; [of sum] montant m ; [of estate, park, country] étendue f ; [of problem, operation, campaign] ampleur f ; ( = format) format m• the small/large size [of packet, tube] le petit/grand modèle• to cut/make sth to size couper/faire qch sur mesure• it's the size of a house/elephant c'est grand comme une maison/un éléphant• that's about the size of it! c'est à peu près ça !• what size are you? (in dress) quelle taille faites-vous ? ; (in shoes) quelle pointure faites-vous ? ; (in shirts) vous faites combien d'encolure ?• what size shoes do you take? vous chaussez du combien ?• I take size 5 (in shoes) ≈ je chausse du 38• what size waist are you? quel est votre tour de taille ?• "one size" « taille unique »• I need a size smaller il me faut la taille (or la pointure) en-dessous[+ person] jauger ; [+ situation] mesurer• I can't quite size him up ( = don't know what he is like) je n'arrive pas vraiment à le juger ; ( = don't know what he wants) je ne vois pas bien où il veut en venir* * *[saɪz] 1.1) ( dimensions) (of person, head, tree, envelope, picture) taille f; (of container, room, building, region) grandeur f; (of apple, egg, book, parcel) grosseur f; (of carpet, bed, machine) dimensions fplit's about the size of an egg/of this room — c'est à peu près de la grosseur d'un œuf/de la grandeur de cette pièce
to increase in size — [tree] pousser; [company, town] s'agrandir
to be of a size — [people, boxes] être de la même taille
2) ( number) (of population, audience) importance f; (of class, school, company) effectif m3) ( of garment) taille f; ( of collar) encolure f; (of shoes, gloves) pointure fwhat size do you take? — ( in clothes) quelle taille faites-vous?; ( in shoes) quelle pointure faites-vous?, vous chaussez du combien?
to take size X — ( in clothes) faire du X; ( in shoes) chausser or faire du X
‘one size’ — ‘taille unique’
try this for size — lit essayez ceci pour voir si c'est votre taille; fig essayez ceci pour voir si cela vous convient
4) ( substance) (for paper, textiles) apprêt m; ( for plaster) colle f2.transitive verb1) classer [quelque chose] selon la grosseur [eggs, fruit]2) Technology apprêter [textile, paper]; encoller [plaster]3) Computing dimensionner [window]•Phrasal Verbs:- size up••
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