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round [raʊnd]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverba. ( = around) autour• you can't get through here, you'll have to go round vous ne pouvez pas passer par ici, il faut faire le tour• the idea was going round and round in his head il tournait et retournait l'idée dans sa tête► all + round• this ought to make life much easier all round ( = for everybody) cela devrait simplifier la vie de tout le monde2. preposition• they went round the cafés looking for... ils ont fait le tour des cafés à la recherche de...• round about £800 800 livres environ• the house is just round the corner la maison est au coin de la rue ; ( = near) la maison est tout près3. adjectivea. ( = circular) rond ; ( = rounded) arrondib. ( = complete) a round dozen une douzaine tout rond4. nouna. ( = circle) rond m, cercle m• to make one's round(s) [watchman, policeman] faire sa ronde ; [postman, milkman] faire sa tournée ; [doctor] faire ses visites• to make the rounds of... faire le tour de...c. [of cards, golf, competition] partie f ; (Boxing) round m ; [of election] tour m ; [of talks, discussions] série fd. [of drinks] tournée f( = go round) [+ corner] tourner ; [+ bend] prendre6. compounds► round robin noun ( = petition) pétition f (où les signatures sont disposées en rond) ; ( = letter) lettre envoyée à plusieurs destinataires ; (especiallyUS) (Sport) poule f• this plane does three round trips a week cet avion effectue trois rotations fpl par semaine ► round trip ticket noun billet m aller-retour[+ prices] arrondir (au chiffre inférieur)[+ speech, meal] terminer ; [+ debate, meeting] mettre fin à• and now, to round off, I must say... et maintenant, pour conclure, je dois dire...► round up separable transitive verba. ( = bring together) [+ people] réunir ; [+ cattle] rassemblerb. [+ prices] arrondir (au chiffre supérieur)* * *Note: round often appears after verbs in English ( change round, gather round, pass round). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (change, gather, pass)[raʊnd] 1.1) GB ( on all sides)2) GB ( in circles)to go round and round — [carousel] tourner (en rond); [person] fig tourner en rond; lit aller et venir
3) GB (to specific place, home)4) GB5) GB ( as part of cycle)2.preposition GB1) ( expressing location) autour de [table etc]2) ( expressing direction)to go round a bend — ( in road) prendre un virage
3) ( on visit)3.round about adverbial phrase1) ( approximately) à peu près, environ2) ( vicinity)4.1) (set, series) série f (of de)2) ( in competition) rencontre fqualifying round — match m de qualification
3) (in golf, cards) partie f; (in boxing, wrestling) round m4) ( in showjumping) parcours m5) ( in election) tour m6) ( of drinks) tournée f7) Military ( unit of ammunition) balle f8) Military ( shot fired) salve f9) ( burst)round of applause — salve f d'applaudissements
10) ( of bread)11) ( route) tournée fto do one's rounds — [doctor] visiter ses malades; [postman] faire sa tournée; [guard] faire sa ronde
to do ou go the rounds — [rumour, flu] circuler
to go ou do the rounds of — faire le tour de
12) ( circular shape) rondelle f (of de)5.1) (circular, spherical, curved) rond2) ( complete) [figure] rondin round figures, that's £100 — ça fait 100 livres sterling en arrondissant
6.a nice round sum — une somme rondelette (colloq)
transitive verb contourner [headland]Phrasal Verbs:- round on- round up
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