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1 avantageux
avantageux, -euse [avɑ̃taʒø, øz]adjectivea. ( = profitable) [affaire] worthwhile ; [prix] attractive• ce serait plus avantageux de... it would be more worthwhile to...• en grands paquets, c'est plus avantageux large packets are better valueb. ( = présomptueux) il a une idée assez avantageuse de lui-même he has a very high opinion of himselfc. ( = flatteur) [portrait, robe] flattering• prendre des poses avantageuses to show o.s. off to one's best advantage* * *- euse avɑ̃taʒø, øz adjectif1) ( intéressant) [condition, offre, solution, marché] favourable [BrE], advantageous ( pour quelqu'un to somebody); [taux, prix, placement] attractive; [produit] good value (jamais épith)2) ( flatteur) [opinion, aspect] favourable [BrE]; [description, termes, vêtement] flattering; [physique] superiorsous un jour avantageux — in a favourable [BrE] light
* * *avɑ̃taʒø, øz adj (-euse)1) (= intéressant) (proposition) attractive, (du point de vue du prix) attractively pricedconditions avantageuses — favourable terms Grande-Bretagne favorable terms USA
2) (= flatteur) (portrait, coiffure) flattering* * *avantageux, - euse adj1 ( intéressant) [condition, offre, solution, marché] favourableGB, advantageous; [taux, prix, placement] attractive; [produit, article] good value ( jamais épith); il est avantageux de faire it is advantageous to do; trouver avantageux de faire to find it advantageous to do; être avantageux pour qn to be advantageous to sb; au tarif le plus avantageux at a most attractive rate; tirer un parti avantageux de qch to profit from sth; le grand paquet est plus avantageux the large packet is more economical; l'achat en gros est plus avantageux it's cheaper to buy wholesale;2 ( flatteur) [opinion, aspect] favourableGB; [description, termes, vêtement] flattering; [physique] superior; présenter qch sous un jour avantageux to present sth in a favourableGB light; en termes très avantageux in very flattering terms; il se fait une idée trop avantageuse de lui-même he has an over-inflated opinion of himself;3 ( vaniteux) liter [air, ton, attitude] conceited; prendre un air avantageux to assume an air of superiority.( féminin avantageuse) [avɑ̃taʒø, øz] adjectif1. [contrat, affaire] profitable[prix] attractive[condition, situation] favourable2. [flatteur - pose, décolleté, uniforme] flattering -
2 avis
avis [avi]1. masculine nouna. ( = opinion) opinion• on ne te demande pas ton avis ! who asked you?c. ( = notification) notice2. compounds• lancer un avis de recherche (pour criminel) to issue a description of a wanted person ; (pour disparu) to issue a description of a missing person* * *avinom masculin invariable3) (de jury, commission) recommendationavis favorable/défavorable — favourable [BrE]/unfavourable [BrE] recommendation
4) ( annonce) noticeavis à la population — ( affiche) public notice; ( cri) public announcement
lancer un avis de recherche — ( pour un disparu) to issue a description of a missing person; ( pour un malfaiteur) to issue a description of a wanted person
•Phrasal Verbs:••deux avis valent mieux qu'un — Proverbe two heads are better than one
* * *avi nm1) (= opinion) opinionJ'aimerais avoir ton avis. — I'd like to have your opinion.
je suis de votre avis — I share your opinion, I am of your opinion
J'ai changé d'avis. — I've changed my mind.
2) (= notification) notice3) COMMERCE* * *avis nm inv1 ( opinion) opinion (sur on, about); à mon avis in my opinion; je ne partage pas votre avis I don't share your opinion; les avis sur la question sont partagés opinions differ; je suis de ton avis I agree with you; je suis du même avis I agree, I think the same, I'm of the same opinion; je suis d'un avis contraire I disagree, I think differently, I'm of the opposite opinion; être d'avis que to be of the opinion that; donner son/un avis sur qch to give one's/an opinion on sth; de l'avis général in most people's opinion; de or selon l'avis des spécialistes in the opinion of specialists; de l'avis même des spécialistes in the specialists' own opinion; demander son avis à qn to ask sb his/her opinion; on ne leur a pas demandé leur avis! nobody asked for their opinion!; changer d'avis to change one's mind; tu ne me feras pas changer d'avis you won't make me change my mind; ⇒ chemise;2 ( conseil) advice (sur on, about); sans avis médical without consulting your doctor; sauf avis contraire unless you hear to the contrary, unless otherwise informed sout (de qn by sb);3 (de jury, commission etc) recommendation; avis favorable/défavorable favourableGB/unfavourableGB recommendation;4 ( annonce) notice; avis à la population ( affiche) public notice; ( cri) public announcement; ‘cet avis tient lieu de faire-part’ ( dans journal) ‘no individual announcements will be sent’; ‘avis de recherche’ ‘wanted’; lancer/faire paraître un avis de recherche ( pour un disparu) to issue/to publish a description of a missing person; ( pour un malfaiteur) to issue/publish a description of a wanted person.avis de coup de vent Météo, Naut gale warning; avis de crédit credit advice ou note; avis de débit debit advice ou note; avis de décès death notice; avis d'échéance Assur renewal notice; avis au lecteur foreword; avis de mise en recouvrement demand for payment (of money owed to the Treasury); avis de passage calling card (left by meter reader, postman etc).deux avis valent mieux qu'un two heads are better than one.[avi] nom masculinavoir son ou un avis sur quelque chose to have views on somethingje n'ai pas d'avis sur la question I have nothing to say ou no opinion on the matterj'aimerais avoir votre avis I'd like to hear your views ou to know what you think (about it)demande ou prends l'avis d'un second médecin ask the opinion of another doctortoi, je ne te demande pas ton avis! I didn't ask for your opinion!donner son avis to give ou to contribute one's opinionsi vous voulez (que je vous donne) mon avis if you ask me ou want my opiniondonner ou émettre un avis favorablea. [à une demande] to give the go-aheadb. [à une proposition] to give a positive response, to come out in favouraprès avis favorable, vous procéderez à l'expulsion having obtained permission (from the authorities), you will start the eviction procedureà mon avis, c'est un mensonge in my opinion, it's a lie, I think it's a lieje ne suis pas d'avis qu'on l'envoie en pension I don't agree with his being sent away to boarding schoolde l'avis de [selon] according todu même avis (que)...: lui et moi ne sommes jamais du même avis he and I don't see eye to eye ou never agree on anythingsur l'avis de on the advice ou at the suggestion of2. [information] announcementa. [de votre part] unless we hear otherwise ou to the contrary, we'll gob. [de notre part] unless you hear otherwise ou to the contrary, we'll goavis au public ‘public notice’a. [d'un criminel] wanted (person) posterb. [d'un disparu] missing person posteril reste encore quelques parts de gâteau, avis aux amateurs there's still some cake left if anyone's interested
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