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window ['wɪndəʊ]1 noun(a) (in room) fenêtre f; (in car) vitre f, glace f; (in front of shop) vitrine f, devanture f; (in church) vitrail m; (at ticket office) guichet m; (on envelope) fenêtre f;∎ she looked out of or through the window elle regarda par la fenêtre;∎ he jumped out of the window il a sauté par la fenêtre;∎ to break a window casser une vitre ou un carreau;∎ can I try on that dress in the window? puis-je essayer la robe qui est dans la ou en vitrine?;∎ familiar all our plans have gone out the window tous nos projets sont partis en fumée;∎ familiar that's my chances of promotion out the window je peux faire une croix sur mon avancement(c) (in diary) créneau m, moment m libre;∎ a window of opportunity une chance;∎ to create a window of opportunity for sth créer une conjoncture favorable à qch;∎ they saw this as a window of opportunity to advance the cause of human rights ils ont vu là l'occasion de faire progresser la cause des droits de l'homme∎ a window on the world of finance un aperçu des milieux financiers∎ launch window fenêtre f ou créneau m de lancement;∎ weather window accalmie f (permettant de mener à bien des travaux)de fenêtre►► window box jardinière f;window cleaner (person) laveur(euse) m,f de vitres ou de carreaux; (substance) nettoyant m pour vitres;window display étalage m;window envelope enveloppe f à fenêtre;window frame châssis m de fenêtre;window sash = cadre vitré d'une fenêtre à guillotine;American window shade store m;window tab (on suspension file) onglet m à fenêtre;Cars window winder lève-vitre m -
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window [ˈwɪndəʊ]fenêtre f ; (in car, train) vitre f ; [of shop, café] vitrine f ; (in post office, ticket office) guichet m• don't lean out of the window ne te penche pas par la fenêtre ; (in train, car) ne te penche pas en dehors• well, there's another plan out the window! (inf) voilà encore un projet qui tombe à l'eau !► window seat noun (in room) banquette f (située sous la fenêtre) ; (in vehicle) place f côté fenêtre* * *['wɪndəʊ]1) (of house, room, vehicle, envelope) fenêtre f also Computing; (of shop, public building) vitrine f; ( of plane) hublot m; ( stained glass) vitrail mI'd like a seat by a window — Aviation j'aimerais une place côté fenêtre
to look out of ou through the window — regarder par la fenêtre
2) ( for service at bank or post office) guichet m3) (space in diary, time) créneau m••to go ou fly out the window — (colloq) [plans] tomber à l'eau; [hopes] s'écrouler
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window n1 ( to look through) (of house, room) fenêtre f ; (of shop, public building) vitrine f, devanture f ; ( of train) vitre f, fenêtre f ; ( of car) vitre f, glace f, fenêtre f ; ( of plane) hublot m ; ( stained glass) vitrail m ; to sit at or by the window ( in room) s'asseoir à la fenêtre ; (in train, car) s'asseoir près de la fenêtre ; I'd like a seat by a window Aviat j'aimerais une place côté fenêtre ; to look out of ou through the window regarder par la fenêtre ; if you look out of the window you will see Paris Aviat si vous regardez par le hublot vous verrez Paris ; to lean out of the window se pencher par la fenêtre ; ‘do not lean out of the window’ ( in train) ‘ne pas se pencher au dehors’ ; to break a window casser une vitre or un carreau ; to clean ou wash the windows laver les vitres or les carreaux ; how much is the jacket in the window? Comm combien coûte la veste dans la vitrine? ; a window on the world fig une fenêtre sur le monde ; to provide a window on what goes on behind the scenes fig ouvrir une fenêtre sur ce qui se passe dans les coulisses ;2 ( for service at bank or post office) guichet m ;3 ( of envelope) fenêtre f ;4 Comput fenêtre f ;5 (space in diary, time) créneau m ; we've missed our window nous avons raté notre créneau ; to provide a window of opportunity for sb to do fournir un créneau à qn pour faire ; launch window créneau de lancement.to go ou fly out the window ○ [plans] tomber à l'eau ; [hopes] s'écrouler ; the eyes are the windows of the soul Prov les yeux sont le miroir de l'âme. -
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∎ they need someone to do the window-dressing ils ont besoin de quelqu'un pour composer ou pour faire l'étalage∎ that's just window-dressing ce n'est qu'une façade;∎ no amount of window-dressing can hide the fact that the party is in crisis rien ne pourra camoufler l'état de crise dans lequel se trouve le parti(c) Accountancy habillage m de bilanUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > window-dressing
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6 window-shopping
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7 window-shopper
= personne qui fait du lèche-vitrines;∎ the streets were full of window-shoppers les rues étaient pleines de gens en train de faire du lèche-vitrinesUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > window-shopper
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8 window-shopping
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9 window blind
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11 window cleaner
window cleaner n ( person) laveur/-euse m/f de carreaux ; ( product) produit m pour nettoyer les vitres or les carreaux. -
12 window display
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14 window envelope
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15 window frame
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16 window glass
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17 window ledge
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18 window seat
1 ( in room) banquette f (encastrée sous une fenêtre) ;2 (in plane, bus, train) place f côté fenêtre. -
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