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1 apparence
apparence [apaʀɑ̃s]1. feminine noun• homme d'apparence or à l'apparence sévère stern-looking man• en apparence, leurs critiques semblent justifiées on the face of it, their criticism seems justified2. plural feminine noun* * *apaʀɑ̃snom féminin appearance‘ils sont d'accord?’ - ‘selon toute apparence’ — ‘they agree?’ - ‘it would seem so’
‘ils sont d'accord’ - ‘en apparence (seulement)’ — ‘they agree’ - ‘only on the surface’
* * *apaʀɑ̃s nfmalgré les apparences — in spite of appearances, despite appearances
en apparence — apparently, seemingly
* * *apparence nf1 gén ( extérieur) appearance; ne jugez pas sur les apparences don't judge by appearances; ne vous fiez pas aux apparences appearances are deceptive; pour sauver les apparences to keep up appearances; il est bon, malgré les or en dépit des apparences he is kind, despite appearances to the contrary; contre toute apparence despite every indication to the contrary; malgré certaines apparences despite certain indications to the contrary; il est jeune d'apparence he looks young; homme d'apparence or à l'apparence jeune young-looking man; elle n'est calme qu'en apparence she only looks ou seems calm; il n'a que l'apparence de la bonté he only looks ou seems kind; en apparence seemingly; sous l'apparence de la bonté under the guise of kindness; sous des apparences raisonnables behind a façade of reasonableness; selon toute apparence, ils sont d'accord it would seem that they agree; ‘ils sont d'accord?’-‘selon toute apparence’ ‘they agree?’-‘it would seem so’; ‘ils sont d'accord’-‘en apparence (seulement)’ ‘they agree’-‘only on the surface’; des personnes en apparence si différentes people outwardly so different;2 Philos l'apparence appearance.[aparɑ̃s] nom fémininsous l'apparence ou une apparence de libéralisme in the guise ou behind a façade of liberalismil va très bien, malgré les apparences he's all right, contrary to all appearancesles apparences sont trompeuses, il ne faut pas se fier aux apparencesa. [en jugeant une personne] looks are deceptiveb. [en jugeant une situation] there's more to it than meets the eye, appearances can be deceptiveheureusement pour nous, les apparences sont sauves fortunately, we've been able to save faceen apparence locution adverbialeen apparence il travaille, mais comment le savoir vraiment? to all appearances he works ou it would seem that he works, but how can one be sure? -
2 trompeur
trompeur, -euse [tʀɔ̃pœʀ, øz]adjective[discours] deceitful ; [distance, virage] deceptive* * *- euse tʀɔ̃pœʀ, øz adjectif [promesse, chiffre] misleading; [distance, apparence] deceptive* * *tʀɔ̃pœʀ, øz adj (-euse)deceptive, misleading* * *————————, trompeuse [trɔ̃pɶr, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin
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