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1 latter
latter [ˈlætər]1. adjectivea. ( = second of two) second ; ( = last one mentioned) dernier• of the two, we prefer the latter solution nous préférons la seconde solutionb. ( = later) in the latter stages of the war vers la fin de la guerre2. noun• the latter is the more expensive of the two systems ce dernier système est le plus coûteux des deux• of the two solutions, I prefer the latter je préfère la seconde solution* * *['lætə(r)] 1.2.the latter — ce dernier/cette dernière m/f
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2 former
former [ˈfɔ:mər]1. adjectivea. ( = previous) [president, employee] ancien━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► With this meaning ancien goes before the noun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [strength] d'autrefois• my former wife/husband mon ex-femme/ex-mari• the buildings have now been restored to their former glory les bâtiments rénovés ont retrouvé leur splendeur d'antanb. ( = first) the former option la première option2. pronoun• the former... the latter le premier... le dernier• the former is the more expensive of the two systems ce premier système est le plus coûteux des deux3. compounds* * *['fɔːmə(r)] 1.2.the former — ( the first of two) le premier/la première m/f, celui-là/celle-là m/f
1) ( earlier) [era, life] antérieur; [size, state] initial, originalof former days ou times — d'autrefois
2) [leader, husband, champion] ancien/-ienne (before n)3) ( first of two) premier/-ière (before n)3.- former combining form GB Schoolfourth-former — ≈ élève mf de troisième
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