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1 grey
(a) (colour, weather) gris;∎ to paint sth grey peindre qch en gris;∎ grey skies ciel m gris ou couvert;∎ a cold grey day un jour de froid et de grisaille∎ to be going grey commencer à avoir des cheveux blancs;∎ it's enough to make your hair go or turn grey il y a de quoi se faire des cheveux blancs(c) (complexion) gris, blême;∎ she looked grey and ill elle avait un teint gris de malade(d) (life, situation) morne;∎ Tracy leads a very grey existence Tracy mène une vie très morne2 noun∎ Computing shades of grey niveaux mpl de gris∎ (hair) his hair is greying il commence à avoir des cheveux blancs;∎ Colin is beginning to grey at the temples Colin commence à avoir les tempes grisonnantes►► grey area zone f d'incertitude ou de flou;∎ the grey area between right and wrong la frontière indistincte qui sépare le bien du mal;grey cell cellule f grise;∎ familiar he's a little short on grey cells il n'a pas inventé la poudre;Zoology grey fox urocyon m;Grey Friar franciscain m;Ornithology grey heron héron m cendré;grey import importation f grise;Stock Exchange grey knight chevalier m gris;grey literature publications fpl non commerciales;Stock Exchange & Commerce grey market marché m gris;Anatomy grey matter matière f grise;∎ familiar to exercise the grey matter faire marcher sa matière grise;Ichthyology grey mullet muge m;Grey Panthers = groupe de pression composé de personnes âgées;Ornithology grey partridge perdrix f grise;Ornithology grey plover pluvier m argenté ou varié;grey power = pouvoir économique, social etc des personnes âgées;Zoology grey seal phoque m gris;Zoology grey squirrel écureuil m gris, petit-gris m;Ornithology grey wagtail bergeronnette f des ruisseaux;Zoology grey whale baleine f grise;Zoology grey wolf loup m (gris);grey zone zone f grise -
2 Colours
Not all English colour terms have a single exact equivalent in French: for instance, in some circumstances brown is marron, in others brun. If in doubt, look the word up in the dictionary.Colour termswhat colour is it?= c’est de quelle couleur? or (more formally) de quelle couleur est-il?it’s green= il est vert or elle est verteto paint sth green= peindre qch en vertto dye sth green= teindre qch en vertto wear green= porter du vertdressed in green= habillé de vertColour nouns are all masculine in French:I like green= j’aime le vertI prefer blue= je préfère le bleured suits her= le rouge lui va bienit’s a pretty yellow!= c’est un joli jaune!have you got it in white?= est-ce que vous l’avez en blanc?a pretty shade of blue= un joli ton de bleuit was a dreadful green= c’était un vert affreuxa range of greens= une gamme de vertsMost adjectives of colour agree with the noun they modify:a blue coat= un manteau bleua blue dress= une robe bleueblue clothes= des vêtements bleusSome that don’t agree are explained below.Words that are not true adjectivesSome words that translate English adjectives are really nouns in French, and so don’t show agreement:a brown shoe= une chaussure marronorange tablecloths= des nappes fpl orangehazel eyes= des yeux mpl noisetteOther French words like this include: cerise ( cherry-red), chocolat ( chocolate-brown) and émeraude ( emerald-green).Shades of colourExpressions like pale blue, dark green or light yellow are also invariable in French and show no agreement:a pale blue shirt= une chemise bleu pâledark green blankets= des couvertures fpl vert foncéa light yellow tie= une cravate jaune clairbright yellow socks= des chaussettes fpl jaune vifFrench can also use the colour nouns here: instead of une chemise bleu pâle you could say une chemise d’un bleu pâle ; and similarly des couvertures d’un vert foncé (etc). The nouns in French are normally used to translate English adjectives of this type ending in -er and -est:a darker blue= un bleu plus foncéthe dress was a darker blue= la robe était d’un bleu plus foncéSimilarly:a lighter blue= un bleu plus clair (etc.)In the following examples, blue stands for most basic colour terms:pale blue= bleu pâlelight blue= bleu clairbright blue= bleu vifdark blue= bleu foncédeep blue= bleu profondstrong blue= bleu soutenuOther types of compound in French are also invariable, and do not agree with their nouns:a navy-blue jacket= une veste bleu marineThese compounds include: bleu ciel ( sky-blue), vert pomme ( apple-green), bleu nuit ( midnight-blue), rouge sang ( blood-red) etc. However, all English compounds do not translate directly into French. If in doubt, check in the dictionary.French compounds consisting of two colour terms linked with a hyphen are also invariable:a blue-black material= une étoffe bleu-noira greenish-blue cup= une tasse bleu-verta greeny-yellow dress= une robe vert-jauneEnglish uses the ending -ish, or sometimes -y, to show that something is approximately a certain colour, e.g. a reddish hat or a greenish paint. The French equivalent is -âtre:blue-ish= bleuâtregreenish or greeny= verdâtregreyish= grisâtrereddish= rougeâtreyellowish or yellowy= jaunâtreetc.Other similar French words are rosâtre, noirâtre and blanchâtre. Note however that these words are often rather negative in French. It is better not to use them if you want to be complimentary about something. Use instead tirant sur le rouge/jaune etc.To describe a special colour, English can add -coloured to a noun such as raspberry (framboise) or flesh (chair). Note how this is said in French, where the two-word compound with couleur is invariable, and, unlike English, never has a hyphen:a chocolate-coloured skirt= une jupe couleur chocolatraspberry-coloured fabric= du tissu couleur framboiseflesh-coloured tights= un collant couleur chairColour verbsEnglish makes some colour verbs by adding -en (e.g. blacken). Similarly French has some verbs in -ir made from colour terms:to blacken= noircirto redden= rougirto whiten= blanchirThe other French colour terms that behave like this are: bleu (bleuir), jaune (jaunir), rose (rosir) and vert (verdir). It is always safe, however, to use devenir, thus:to turn purple= devenir violetDescribing peopleNote the use of the definite article in the following:to have black hair= avoir les cheveux noirsto have blue eyes= avoir les yeux bleusNote the use of à in the following:a girl with blue eyes= une jeune fille aux yeux bleusthe man with black hair= l’homme aux cheveux noirsNot all colours have direct equivalents in French. The following words are used for describing the colour of someone’s hair (note that les cheveux is plural in French):fair= blonddark= brunblonde or blond= blondbrown= châtain invred= rouxblack= noirgrey= griswhite= blancCheck other terms such as yellow, ginger, auburn, mousey etc. in the dictionary.Note these nouns in French:a fair-haired man= un blonda fair-haired woman= une blondea dark-haired man= un bruna dark-haired woman= une bruneThe following words are useful for describing the colour of someone’s eyes:blue= bleulight blue= bleu clair invlight brown= marron clair invbrown= marron invhazel= noisette invgreen= vertgrey= grisgreyish-green= gris-vert invdark= noir -
3 finish
1 ( end) fin f ; from start to finish du début (jusqu')à la fin ; it will be a fight to the finish lit ce sera un combat à mort ; fig la partie va être serrée ; to be in at the finish assister au dénouement ;2 Sport arrivée f ; it was a close finish l'arrivée a été serrée ; an athlete with a good finish un athlète bon au sprint final ;3 (surface, aspect) (of clothing, wood, car) finition f ; (of fabric, leather) apprêt m ; a car with a metallic finish une voiture métallisée ; paint with a matt/silk finish peinture mate/satinée ; a wine with a smooth finish un vin épanoui.B vtr1 ( complete) finir, terminer [chapter, sentence, task] ; terminer, achever [building, novel, sculpture, opera] ; to finish doing finir de faire ; I must get this report finished il faut que je finisse or que je termine ce rapport ;2 ( leave) finir [work, studies] ; I finish work at 5.30 pm je finis (le travail) à 17 h 30 ; she finishes school/university next year elle finira l'école/l'université l'année prochaine ;3 ( consume) finir [cigarette, drink, meal] ; who finished all the biscuits? qui a fini les biscuits? ;4 ( put an end to) briser [career] ;5 ○ (exhaust, demoralize) achever ○ [person] ; that long walk finished me! cette longue promenade m'a achevé ○ ! ; this news nearly finished him cette nouvelle a failli l'achever ○.C vi1 ( end) [conference, programme, term] finir, se terminer ; [holidays] prendre fin ; the meeting finishes at 3 pm la réunion se termine à 15 h ; the film finishes on Thursday le film ne passe plus à partir de jeudi ; I'll see you when the concert finishes je te verrai à la fin du concert ; wait until the music finishes attends la fin du morceau (de musique) ; as the concert was finishing alors que le concert touchait à sa fin ; after the lecture finishes we'll have lunch nous déjeunerons quand la conférence sera terminée ; I'm waiting for the washing machine to finish j'attends que ma lessive soit finie ;2 ( reach end of race) arriver ; my horse finished first mon cheval est arrivé premier ; the horse/the athlete failed to finish le cheval/l'athlète n'a pas fini la course ;3 ( conclude) [speaker] finir, conclure ; he won't let me finish il ne me laisse pas finir (de parler) ; let me finish laissez- moi finir (de parler) ; she finished with a quotation elle a conclu par une citation ;4 ( leave employment) I finished at the bank yesterday j'ai quitté mon travail à la banque hier.1 beautifully finished [furniture, interior etc] avec des finitions soignées ; interior finished in marble/grey intérieur avec des finitions en marbre/finitions grises ; walls finished in blue gloss murs laqués bleu ; the finished product le produit fini ;2 ( accomplished) [performance] accompli ;3 ( ruined) fini, fichu ○ ; as a boxer he's finished en tant que boxeur il est fini or fichu ○ ; after the scandal her career was finished après le scandale, sa carrière était finie.■ finish off:▶ finish [sth] off, finish off [sth]1 ( complete) finir, terminer [letter, task] ; I'll just finish off the ironing je vais juste finir le repassage ;2 ( round off) to finish off the meal with a glass of brandy terminer le repas avec un verre de cognac ;▶ finish [sb] off1 (exhaust, demoralize) achever ○ [person] ;2 ( kill) achever [person, animal].■ finish up:▶ finish up [person] ( at end of journey) se retrouver ; ( in situation) finir ; they finished up in London il se sont retrouvés à Londres ; he finished up in prison il a fini en prison ; to finish up as a teacher finir par devenir professeur ; to finish up (by) doing finir par faire ;▶ finish [sth] up, finish up [sth] finir [milk, paint, cake].■ finish with:▶ finish with [sth] finir avec ; have you finished with the newspaper? tu as fini avec le journal? ; hurry up and finish with the scissors, I need them dépêche-toi avec les ciseaux, j'en ai besoin ; pass the pen to me when you've finished with it passe-moi le stylo quand tu auras fini ; I'm finished with school/politics! j'en ai assez de l'école!/de la politique! ;▶ finish with [sb]1 ( split up) rompre avec [girlfriend, boyfriend] ;2 ( stop punishing) I haven't finished with you yet! je n'en ai pas encore fini avec toi! ; you'll be sorry when I've finished with you! tu vas voir ce que tu vas voir ○ !
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