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rare [ʀαʀ]adjectivea. ( = peu commun) [objet, mot, édition] rareb. ( = peu nombreux) [cas, exemples, visites] rare ; [passants, voitures] few• les rares fois où... on the rare occasions when...• il est l'un des rares qui... he's one of the few people who...• se faire rare [argent, légumes] to become scarced. ( = exceptionnel) [talent, qualité, sentiment, beauté] rare ; [homme, énergie] exceptional ; [saveur, moment] exquisitee. [gaz] rare* * *ʀɑʀ1) ( peu commun) [personne, objet, animal, plante] rare; [denrée, main-d'œuvre, produit] scarce; [minerai] rare, scarcedevenir or se faire rare — to be ou become scarce
2) ( peu fréquent) [cas, mot, maladie] rare; [moment] rare; [visites] infrequent; [occasion] rare, unusual; [emploi, utilisation] unusual, uncommon; [voyages, trains] infrequent; [voitures, passants, clients, amis] fewil est rare de faire/qu'il fasse — it is unusual to do/for him to do
3) ( exceptionnel) [qualité, beauté, talent] rare; [maîtrise, intelligence, énergie, courage] exceptional; [bêtise, impudence, inconséquence] singular4) ( clairsemé) [cheveux, barbe, végétation] sparse; [air] thin* * *ʀɒʀ adj1) (= inhabituel) rareil est rare que — it's rare that, it's unusual that
2) (main-d'œuvre, denrées) scarcese faire rare — to become scarce, fig, [personne] to make oneself scarce
3) (cheveux, herbe) sparse* * *rare adj1 ( peu commun) [personne, objet, animal, plante] rare; [matière première, denrée, main-d'œuvre, produit] scarce; [minerai] rare, scarce; être l'un des rares qui to be one of the few (people) who;2 ( peu fréquent) [cas, mot, maladie] rare; [moment] rare; [visites] infrequent; [occasion] rare, unusual; [emploi, utilisation] unusual, uncommon; [voyages, trains] infrequent; [voitures, passants, clients, amis] few; les clients sont rares à cette époque-ci de l'année we have very few customers at this time of year; devenir or se faire rare [argent, produit, denrée] to be ou become scarce; vous vous faites rare ces temps-ci you are not around much these days; il se fait de plus en plus rare dans le village he comes to the village less and less (frequently); quelques rares visiteurs a few occasional visitors; rares étaient ceux qui faisaient there were few who did; il est rare de faire it is unusual to do; il n'est pas rare de faire it isn't uncommon ou unusual to do; il est rare qu'il vienne en train it's unusual for him to come by train; il n'est pas rare qu'il reste pour dîner it's not unusual for him to stay for dinner; cela n'a rien de rare there's nothing unusual about it; à de rares exceptions près with few exceptions;3 ( exceptionnel) [qualité, beauté, talent] rare; [maîtrise, intelligence, énergie, courage] exceptional; [bêtise, impudence, inconséquence] singular; combat d'une rare violence exceptionally violent fight ou fighting; être d'une bêtise rare or d'une rare bêtise to be singularly ou exceptionally stupid; être d'une intelligence rare to be exceptionally intelligent; il est l'exemple rare de he is a rare example of;[rar] adjectifplantes/timbres rares rare plants/stamps2. [peu fréquent] rareon le voyait chez nous à de rares intervalles once in a (very long) while, he'd turn up at our houseil est rare qu'elle veuille bien venir avec moi she rarely ou seldom agrees to come with meil n'est pas rare de le voir ici it's not uncommon ou unusual to see him heretu te fais rare ces derniers temps (familier) you've become quite a stranger lately, where have you been hiding lately?3. [peu nombreux] fewà de rares exceptions près with only ou apart from a few exceptionselle est une des rares personnes que je connaisse à aimer le jazz she's one of the very few people I know who enjoys jazz[peu abondant] scarce
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