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  • 1 Age

    Note that where English says to be X years old, French says avoir X ans (to have X years).
    How old?
    how old are you?
    = quel âge as-tu?
    what age is she?
    = quel âge a-t-elle?
    The word ans (years) is never dropped:
    he is forty years old
    = il a quarante ans
    she’s eighty
    = elle a quatre-vingts ans
    the house is a hundred years old
    = la maison a cent ans
    a man of fifty
    = un homme de cinquante ans
    a child of eight and a half
    = un enfant de huit ans et demi
    I feel sixteen
    = j’ai l’impression d’avoir seize ans
    he looks sixteen
    = on lui donnerait seize ans
    Note the use of de after âgé and à l’âge:
    a woman aged thirty
    = une femme âgée de trente ans
    at the age of forty
    = à l’âge de quarante ans
    Mrs Smith, aged forty
    = Mme Smith, âgée de quarante ans
    Do not confuse que and de used with plus and moins:
    I’m older than you
    = je suis plus âgé que toi
    she’s younger than him
    = elle est plus jeune que lui
    Anne’s two years younger
    = Anne a deux ans de moins
    Margot’s older than Suzanne by five years
    = Margot a cinq ans de plus que Suzanne
    Robert’s younger than Thomas by six years
    = Robert a six ans de moins que Thomas
    X-year-old
    a forty-year-old
    = quelqu’un de quarante ans
    a sixty-year-old woman
    = une femme de soixante ans
    an eighty-year-old pensioner
    = un retraité de quatre-vingts ans
    they’ve got an eight-year-old
    = ils ont un enfant de huit ans
    and a five-year-old
    = et un autre de cinq ans
    Note the various ways of saying these in French:
    he is about fifty
    = il a environ cinquante ans
    or il a une cinquantaine d’années
    or (less formally) il a dans les cinquante ans
    (Other round numbers in -aine used to express age are dizaine (10), vingtaine (20), trentaine (30), quarantaine (40), soixantaine (60) and centaine (100).)
    she’s just over sixty
    = elle vient d’avoir soixante ans
    she’s just under seventy
    = elle aura bientôt soixante-dix ans
    she’s in her sixties
    = elle a entre soixante et soixante-dix ans
    she’s in her early sixties
    = elle a entre soixante et soixante-cinq ans
    she’s in her late sixties
    = elle va avoir soixante-dix ans
    or (less formally) elle va sur ses soixante-dix ans
    she must be seventy
    = elle doit avoir soixante-dix ans
    he’s in his mid forties
    = il a entre quarante et cinquante ans
    or (less formally) il a dans les quarante-cinq ans
    he’s just ten
    = il a tout juste dix ans
    he’s barely twelve
    = il a à peine douze ans
    games for the under twelves
    = jeux pour les moins de douze ans
    only for the over eighties
    = seulement pour les plus de quatre-vingts ans

    Big English-French dictionary > Age

  • 2 Date

    Where English has several ways of writing dates, such as May 10, 10 May, 10th May etc. French has only one generally accepted way: le 10 mai, ( say le dix mai). However, as in English, dates in French may be written informally: 10.5.68 or 31/7/65 etc.
    The general pattern in French is:
    le cardinal number month year
    le 10 mai 1901
    But if the date is the first of the month, use premier, abbreviated as 1er:
    May 1st 1901
    = le 1er mai 1901
    Note that French does not use capital letters for months, or for days of the weekThe months of the year andThe days of the week ; also French does not usually abbreviate the names of the months:
    Sept 10
    = le 10 septembre etc.
    If the day of the week is included, put it after the le:
    Monday, May 1st 1901
    = le lundi 1er mai 1901
    Monday the 25th
    = lundi 25 ( say lundi vingt-cinq)
    Saying and writing dates
    what’s the date?
    = quel jour sommes-nous?
    it’s the tenth
    = nous sommes le dix or (less formally) on est le dix
    it’s the tenth of May
    = nous sommes le dix mai or (less formally) on est le dix mai
    * (i) There are two ways of saying hundreds and thousands in dates:
    1968
    = mille neuf cent soixante-huit or dix-neuf cent soixante-huit
    (ii) The spelling mil is used in legal French, otherwise mille is used in dates, except when a round number of thousands is involved, in which case the words l’an are added:
    1900
    = mille neuf cents
    2000
    = l’an deux mille
    French prefers Roman numerals for centuries:
    the 16th century
    = le XVIe
    Saying on
    French uses only the definite article, without any word for on:
    it happened on 6th March
    = c’est arrivé le 6 mars ( say le six mars)
    he came on the 21st
    = il est arrivé le 21 ( say le vingt et un)
    see you on the 6th
    = on se voit le 6 ( say le six)
    on the 2nd of every month
    = le 2 de chaque mois ( say le deux...)
    he’ll be here on the 3rd
    = il sera là le 3 ( say le trois)
    Saying in
    French normally uses en for years but prefers en l’an for out-of-the-ordinary dates:
    in 1968
    = en 1968 ( say en mille neuf cent soixante-huit or en dix-neuf cent…)
    in 1896
    = en 1896 ( say en mille huit cent quatre-vingt-seize or en dix-huit cent…)
    in the year 2000
    = en l’an deux mille
    in AD 27
    = en l’an 27 ( say l’an vingt-sept) de notre ère
    in 132 BC
    = en l’an 132 ( say l’an cent trente-deux) avant Jésus-Christ
    With names of months, in is translated by en or au mois de:
    in May 1970
    = en mai mille neuf cent soixante-dix or au mois de mai mille neuf cent soixante-dix
    With centuries, French uses au:
    in the seventeenth century
    = au dix-septième siècle
    The word siècle is often omitted in colloquial French:
    in the eighteenth century
    = au dix-huitième siècle or (less formally) au dix-huitième
    Note also:
    in the early 12th century
    = au début du XIIe siècle ( say du douzième siècle)
    in the late 14th century
    = à or vers la fin du XIVe siècle ( say du quatorzième siècle)
    Phrases
    Remember that the date in French always has the definite article, so, in combined forms, au and du are required:
    from the 10th onwards
    = à partir du 10 ( say du dix)
    stay until the 14th
    = reste jusqu’au 14 ( say au quatorze)
    from 21st to 30th May
    = du 21 au 30 mai ( say du vingt et un au trente mai)
    around 16th May
    = le 16 mai environ/vers le 16 mai ( say le seize mai) or aux environs du seize mai ( say du seize mai)
    not until 1999
    = pas avant 1999 ( say mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix-neuf)
    Shakespeare (1564-1616)
    = Shakespeare (1564-1616) ( say Shakespeare, quinze cent soixante-quatre-seize cent seize)
    Shakespeare b. 1564 d.1616
    = Shakespeare, né en 1564, mort en 1616 ( say Shakespeare, né en quinze cent soixante-quatre, mort en seize cent seize).
    Note that French has no abbreviations for and mort.
    in May ’45
    = en mai 45 ( say en mai quarante-cinq)
    in the 1980s
    = dans les années 80 ( say dans les années quatre-vingts)
    in the early sixties
    = au début des années 60 ( say des années soixante)
    in the late seventies
    = à la fin des années 70 ( say des années soixante-dix)
    the riots of ’68
    = les émeutes de 68 ( say de soixante-huit)
    the 14-18 war
    = la guerre de 14 or de 14-18 ( say de quatorze or de quatorze-dix-huit)
    the 1912 uprising
    = le soulèvement de 1912 ( say de mille neuf cent douze)

    Big English-French dictionary > Date

  • 3 Capacity measurement

    British liquid measurements
    20 fl oz = 0,57l (litre)
    1 qt = 1,13l* (litres)
    1 pt = 0,57l
    1 gal = 4,54l
    * There are three ways of saying 1,13l, and other measurements like it: un virgule treize litres, or (less formally) un litre virgule treize, or un litre treize. For more details on how to say numbersNumbers.
    American liquid measurements
    16 fl oz = 0,47l
    1 qt = 0,94l
    1 pt = 0,47l
    1 gal = 3,78l
    Phrases
    what does the tank hold?
    = combien le réservoir contient-il?
    what’s its capacity?
    = quelle est sa contenance?
    it’s 200 litres
    = il fait 200 litres
    its capacity is 200 litres
    = il fait 200 litres
    my car does 28 miles to the gallon
    = ma voiture fait dix litres aux cent† or ma voiture fait du dix litres aux cent
    they use 20,000 litres a day
    = ils utilisent 20000 litres par jour
    Note that the French calculate petrol consumption in litres per 100 km. To convert miles per gallon to litres per 100 km and vice versa simply divide the factor 280 by the
    known figure.
    A holds more than B
    = A contient plus que B
    B holds less than A
    = B contient moins que A
    A has a greater capacity than B
    = A a une plus grande contenance que B
    B has a smaller capacity than A
    = B a une moins grande contenance que A
    A and B have the same capacity
    = A et B ont la même contenance
    20 litres of wine
    = 20 litres de vin
    it’s sold by the litre
    = cela se vend au litre
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 200-litre tank
    = un réservoir de 200 litres

    Big English-French dictionary > Capacity measurement

  • 4 sincerely

    sincerely [sɪnˈsɪəlɪ]
       a. [hope, believe, regret] sincèrement
       b. (in letters) Yours sincerely (British) Sincerely yours (US) Veuillez agréer, Monsieur (or Madame etc), l'expression de mes salutations distinguées
    * * *
    [sɪn'sɪəlɪ]
    adverb sincèrement

    Yours sincerely —

    Sincerely yoursUS ( end of letter) Veuillez agréer, Monsieur/Madame, l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs; ( less formally) Cordialement (vôtre)

    English-French dictionary > sincerely

  • 5 sincerely

    sincerely adv sincèrement ; Yours sincerely, Sincerely yours US ( end of letter) Veuillez agréer, Monsieur/Madame etc, l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs ; ( less formally) cordialement (vôtre).

    Big English-French dictionary > sincerely

  • 6 Length measurement

    1 in
    = 2,54 cm* (centimètres)
    1 ft
    = 30,48 cm
    1 yd
    = 91,44 cm
    1 furlong
    = 201,17 m (mètres)
    1 ml
    = 1,61 km (kilomètres)
    * There are three ways of saying 2,54 cm, and other measurements like it: deux virgule cinquante-quatre centimètres, or (less formally) deux centimètres virgule cinquante-quatre, or deux centimètres cinquante-quatre. For more details on how to say numbersNumbers.
    Length
    how long is the rope?
    = de quelle longueur est la corde?
    it’s ten metres long
    = elle fait dix mètres
    a rope about six metres long
    = une corde d’environ six mètres de* long
    A is longer than B
    = A est plus long que B
    B is shorter than A
    = B est plus court que A
    A is as long as B
    = A est aussi long que B
    A is the same length as B
    = A a la même longueur que B
    A and B are the same length
    = A et B ont la même longueur or A et B sont de* la même longueur
    it’s three metres too short
    = il est trop court de trois mètres
    it’s three metres too long
    = il est trop long de trois mètres
    ten metres of rope
    = dix mètres de corde
    sold by the metre
    = vendu au mètre
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a six-foot-long python
    = un python de six pieds de* long
    an avenue four kilometres long
    = une avenue de quatre kilomètres de* long
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.
    Height
    People
    how tall is he?
    = quelle est sa taille? or combien est-ce qu’il mesure?
    he’s six feet tall
    = il fait un mètre quatre-vingts or il mesure un mètre quatre-vingts
    he’s 1m 50
    = il fait 1,50 m ( say un mètre cinquante)
    he’s about five feet
    = il fait à peu près un mètre cinquante
    A is taller than B
    = A est plus grand que B
    B is smaller than A
    = B est plus petit que A
    A is as tall as B
    = A est aussi grand que B
    A is the same height as B
    = A a la même taille que B
    A and B are the same height
    = A et B ont la même taille or A et B sont de* la même taille
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a six-foot-tall athlete
    = un athlète d’un mètre quatre-vingts
    a footballer over six feet in height
    = un footballeur de plus d’un mètre quatre-vingts
    Things
    how high is the tower?
    = quelle est la hauteur de la tour?
    it’s 50 metres
    = elle fait 50 mètres or elle mesure 50 mètres
    about 25 metres high
    = environ 25 mètres de* haut
    it’s 100 metres high
    = elle fait cent mètres de* haut or elle fait cent mètres de hauteur
    at a height of two metres
    = à une hauteur de deux mètres or à deux mètres de hauteur
    A is higher than B
    = A est plus haut que B
    B is lower than A
    = B est moins haut que A
    A is as high as B
    = A est aussi haut que B
    A is the same height as B
    = A a la même hauteur que B
    A and B are the same height
    = A et B ont la même hauteur or A et B sont de* la même hauteur
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 100-metre-high tower
    = une tour de 100 mètres de* haut
    a mountain over 4,000 metres in height
    = une montagne de plus de quatre mille mètres
    how high is the plane
    = à quelle hauteur or à quelle altitude est l’avion?
    what height is the plane flying at?
    = à quelle altitude l’avion vole-t-il?
    the plane is flying at 5,000 metres
    = l’avion vole à une altitude de cinq mille mètres or à cinq mille mètres d’altitude*
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.
    Distance
    what’s the distance from A to B?
    = quelle distance y a-t-il entre A et B?
    how far is it from Paris to Nice?
    = combien y a-t-il de kilomètres de Paris à Nice?
    how far away is the school from the church?
    = à quelle distance l’école est-elle de l’église?
    it’s two kilometres
    = il y a deux kilomètres
    at a distance of five kilometres
    = à une distance de 5 kilomètres or à cinq kilomètres de distance
    C is nearer B than A is
    = C est plus près de B que A
    A is nearer to B than to C
    = A est plus près de B que de C
    A is as far away as B
    = A est aussi loin que B
    A and B are the same distance away
    = A et B sont à la même distance
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a ten-kilometre walk
    = une promenade de dix kilomètres
    Width/breadth
    In the following examples, broad may replace wide and breadth may replace width, but the French remains large and largeur.
    what width is the river?
    = de* quelle largeur est la rivière?
    how wide is it?
    = combien fait-elle de* large?
    about seven metres wide
    = environ sept mètres de* large
    it’s seven metres wide
    = elle fait sept mètres de* large or de* largeur
    A is wider than B
    = A est plus large que B
    B is narrower than A
    = B est plus étroit que A
    A is as wide as B
    = A est aussi large que B
    A is the same width as B
    = A a la même largeur que B
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a ditch two metres wide
    = un fossé de deux mètres de* large
    a piece of cloth two metres in width
    = une pièce de tissu de deux mètres de* largeur
    a river 50 metres wide
    = une rivière de 50 mètres de* largeur
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.
    Depth
    what depth is the river?
    = de* quelle profondeur est la rivière?
    how deep is it?
    = combien fait-elle de* profondeur?
    it’s four metres deep
    = elle fait quatre mètres de* profondeur
    at a depth of ten metres
    = à dix mètres de* profondeur or à une profondeur de* dix mètres
    A is deeper than B
    = A est plus profond que B
    B is shallower than A
    = B est moins profond que A
    Note that French has no word for shallow:
    A is as deep as B
    = A est aussi profond que B
    A is the same depth as B
    = A a la même profondeur que B
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a well 20 metres deep
    = un puits de vingt mètres de* profondeur
    * The de is obligatory in these constructions.

    Big English-French dictionary > Length measurement

  • 7 Surface area measurements

    Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.
    1 sq in = 6,45 cm2 ( centimètres carrés)*
    1 sq ft = 929,03 cm2
    1 sq yd = 0,84 m2 ( mètres carrés)
    1 acre = 40,47 ares = 0,4 ha ( hectares)
    1 sq ml = 2,59 km2 ( kilomètres carrés)
    * There are three ways of saying 6,45 cm2, and other measurements like it:
    six virgule quarante-cinq centimètres carrés, or ( less formally) six centimètres carrés virgule quarante-cinq, or six centimètres carrés quarante-cinq.
    For more details on how to say numbersNumbers.
    how big is your garden?
    = quelle est la superficie de votre jardin?
    what’s its area?
    = il a quelle superficie?
    it’s 200 square metres
    = il mesure 200 mètres carrés
    its surface area is 200 square metres
    = il mesure 200 mètres carrés de superficie
    it’s 20 metres by 10 metres
    = il mesure 20 mètres sur 10 mètres or il fait 20 mètres sur 10 mètres
    sold by the square metre
    = vendu au mètre carré
    there are 10,000 square centimetres in a square metre
    = il y a 10000 centimètres carrés dans un mètre carré
    10,000 square centimetres make one square metre
    = 10000 centimètres carrés font un mètre carré
    A is the same area as B
    = A a la même superficie que B
    A and B are the same area
    = A et B ont la même superficie
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 200-square-metre plot
    = un terrain de 200 mètres carrés

    Big English-French dictionary > Surface area measurements

  • 8 Volume measurement

    For pints, gallons, litres etc. ⇒ Capacity measurement.
    Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.
    1 cu in
    = 16,38 cm3
    1 cu ft
    = 0,03 m3
    1 cu yd
    = 0,76 m3
    There are three ways of saying 16,38 cm3, and other measurements like it: seize virgule trente-huit centimètres cubes or (less formally) seize centimètres cubes virgule trente-huit or seize centimètres cubes trente-huit. For more details on how to say numbersNumbers.
    what is its volume?
    = quel est son volume?
    its volume is 200 cubic metres
    = ça fait 200 mètres cubes
    it’s 200 cubic metres
    = ça fait 200 mètres cubes
    it’s one metre by two metres by three metres
    = ça mesure un mètre sur deux mètres sur trois mètres
    sold by the cubic metre
    = vendu au mètre cube
    A has a greater volume than B
    = le volume de A est supérieur à celui de B
    B has a smaller volume than A
    = le volume de B est inférieur à celui de A
    Note the use of de in this construction.
    there are a million cubic centimetres in a cubic metre
    = il y a un million de centimètres cubes dans un mètre cube
    a million cubic centimetres make one cubic metre
    = un million de centimètres cubes font un mètre cube
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 200-cubic-metre tank
    = un réservoir de 200 mètres cubes

    Big English-French dictionary > Volume measurement

  • 9 Weight measurement

    Note that French has a comma where English has a decimal point.
    1 oz
    = 28,35 g* (grammes)
    1 lb†
    = 453,60 g
    1 st
    = 6,35 kg (kilos)
    1 cwt
    = 50,73 kg
    1 ton
    = 1014,60 kg
    * There are three ways of saying 28,35 g, and other measurements like it: vingt-huit virgule trente-cinq grammes, or (less formally) vingt-huit grammes virgule trente-cinq, or vingt-huit grammes trente-cinq.
    For more details on how to say numbersNumbers.
    English a pound is translated by une livre in French, but note that the French livre is actually 500 grams (half a kilo).
    People
    what’s his weight?
    = combien pèse-t-il?
    how much does he weigh?
    = combien pèse-t-il?
    he weighs 10 st (or 140 lbs)
    = il pèse 63 kg 500 (soixante-trois kilos et demi)
    he weighs more than 20 st
    = il pèse plus de 127 kilos
    Things
    what does the parcel weigh?
    = combien pèse le colis?
    how heavy is it?
    = quel poids fait-il?
    it weighs ten kilos
    = il pèse dix kilos
    about ten kilos
    = environ dix kilos
    it was 2 kilos overweight
    = il pesait deux kilos de trop
    A weighs more than B
    = A pèse plus lourd que B
    A is heavier than B
    = A est plus lourd que B
    B is lighter than A
    = B est plus léger que A
    A is as heavy as B
    = A est aussi lourd que B
    A is the same weight as B
    = A a le même poids que B
    A and B are the same weight
    = A et B ont le même poids
    6 lbs of carrots
    = six livres de carottes
    2 kilos of butter
    = deux kilos de beurre
    11/2 kilos of tomatoes
    = un kilo cinq cents de tomates
    sold by the kilo
    = vendu au kilo
    there are about two pounds to a kilo
    = il y a à peu près deux livres anglaises dans un kilo
    Note the French construction with de, coming after the noun it describes:
    a 3-lb potato
    = une pomme de terre de trois livres
    a parcel 3 kilos in weight
    = un colis de trois kilos

    Big English-French dictionary > Weight measurement

  • 10 professor

    professor [prə'fesə(r)]
    University (in UK → head of department) titulaire mf d'une chaire, professeur m; (in US → lecturer) enseignant(e) m,f (de faculté) ou d'université;
    professor of sociology (in UK) titulaire mf de la chaire de sociologie, professeur m responsable du département de sociologie; (in US) professeur m de sociologie;
    Professor Colin Appleton le professeur Colin Appleton;
    Dear Professor Appleton Monsieur le Professeur; (less formally) (Cher) Monsieur

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