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1 dizaine
dizaine [dizεn]feminine noun( = dix) ten ; ( = quantité voisine de dix) about ten* * *dizɛn1) ( nombre) ten2) ( environ dix) about ten* * *dizɛn nf1) (= 10) ten2) (= environ 10)une dizaine — about ten, ten or so
une dizaine de — about ten, ten or so
une dizaine de jours — about ten days, ten days or so
par dizaines; des morts par dizaines — dozens of deaths
* * *dizaine nf1 ( nombre) ten; la colonne des dizaines the tens column;2 ( environ dix) about ten; il y a une dizaine de kilomètres it's about ten kilometresGB; il a une dizaine d'années he's about ten; il y a une dizaine d'années about ten years ago; ça a duré une bonne dizaine d'années it went on for over ten years; nous étions une dizaine there were about ten of us; il y a une dizaine de pages there are about ten pages; plus d'une dizaine de victimes at least ten casualties; des dizaines de personnes dozens of people; les victimes se comptent par dizaines there are dozens of casualties; ⇒ cinquantaine 1.[dizɛn] nom féminin1. [dix] ten -
2 decina sf
[de'tʃina]1) Mat2) (circa 10) about ten, about a dozendecine di lettere — dozens of letters, letters by the dozen
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3 decina
sf [de'tʃina]1) Mat2) (circa 10) about ten, about a dozendecine di lettere — dozens of letters, letters by the dozen
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4 retenu
ʀət(ə)ny retenu, -e1. ppSee:2. adj1) (place) reservedCette place est retenue. — This seat is reserved.
2) (personne) delayedJ'ai été retenu par un coup de téléphone. — I was delayed by a phone call.
3) (propos) (= contenu, discret) restrained3. nf1) (= prélèvement) deduction2) MATHÉMATIQUE number to carry over3) ÉDUCATION detention4) (= modération) restraint5) (= réserve) reserve, reticence6) (retenue d'eau) reservoir* * *B retenue nf1 ( modération) restraint; faire preuve/manquer de retenue to show/to lack restraint; critiquer avec retenue to be restrained in one's criticism(s); perdre toute retenue to lose one's inhibitions; n'avoir aucune retenue dans son langage to use very immoderate language; n'avoir aucune retenue dans sa conduite to behave wildly; boire/manger sans retenue to drink/to eat to excess; rire sans retenue to laugh uproariously;2 ( prélèvement) deduction (sur from); opérer or faire une retenue de 10% sur le salaire de qn to make a deduction of 10% ou to deduct 10% from sb's salary; la retenue pour la retraite/au titre des cotisations sociales ≈ pension/national insurance contributions;3 Scol detention; être en retenue to be in detention; j'ai eu deux heures de retenue I got two hours' detention;4 Math tu as oublié la retenue des dizaines you forgot to carry over from the tens column;5 Transp ( ralentissement) tailback;retenue de garantie Comm retention money; retenue à la source Fisc deduction of tax at source GB, withholding tax US; système de retenue à la source pay as you earn system, PAYE system GB, withholding system US.( féminin retenue) [rətəny] participe passé→ link=retenir retenir————————( féminin retenue) [rətəny] adjectif[discret] subduedretenue nom féminin1. [déduction] deductionopérer une retenue de 9 % sur les salaires to deduct ou to stop 9% from salariesun peu de retenue! show some restraint!, keep a hold of yourself!mettre quelqu'un en retenue to keep somebody in after school, to put somebody in detention5. CONSTRUCTION [d'une poutre] pinning -
5 retenue
retenue [ʀət(ə)ny]feminine nouna. ( = prélèvement) deduction• opérer une retenue de 10% sur un salaire to deduct 10% from a salary• système de retenue à la source system of deducting income tax at source ≈ pay-as-you-earn system (Brit)b. ( = modération) self-restraint ; ( = réserve) reserve• parler/s'exprimer sans retenue to talk/express o.s. quite openly* * *ʀət(ə)ny1) ( modération) restraintsans retenue — [boire] to excess; [rire] uproariously
2) ( prélèvement) deduction ( sur from)faire une retenue de 10% sur le salaire de quelqu'un — to deduct 10% from somebody's salary
3) École detention4) Mathématique5) ( masse d'eau) reservoir -
6 centaine
centaine [sɑ̃tεn]feminine nouna. ( = environ cent) une centaine de about a hundredb. ( = cent unités) hundred• 10 € la centaine 10 euros a hundred* * *sɑ̃tɛn1) ( cent unités) hundred2) ( environ cent) about a hundred3) ( âge)* * *sɑ̃tɛn nf1) (= environ cent)une centaine — about a hundred, a hundred or so
une centaine de — about a hundred, a hundred or so
Il y avait une centaine de personnes dans la salle. — There were about a hundred people in the hall.
Des centaines de réfugiés se sont présentés à l'ambassade. — Hundreds of refugees came to the embassy.
2) (= cent unités) hundred* * *centaine nf1 ( cent unités) hundred; la colonne des centaines the hundreds column; dans une centaine il y a dix dizaines in a hundred there are ten tens;2 ( environ cent) about a hundred; nous étions une centaine there were about a hundred of us; il y a une centaine de pages there are about a hundred pages; il y a une centaine de kilomètres it's about a hundred kilometresGB; plus d'une centaine de blessés a hundred injured people or more; une centaine de milliers de manifestants about a hundred thousand protesters; des centaines de femmes et d'enfants hundreds of women and children; quelques/plusieurs centaines de tonnes a few/several hundred tons; les victimes se comptent par centaines there are hundreds of victims; les lettres arrivent par centaines letters are arriving in hundreds;3 ( âge) avoir la centaine to be about a hundred; approcher de la centaine to be getting on for a hundred; dépasser la centaine to be over a hundred.[sɑ̃tɛn] nom féminin1. [cent unités] hundred2. [environ cent]une centaine de about a hundred, a hundred or so3. [âge]————————par centaines locution adverbialeles gens arrivent par centaines people are arriving by the hundreds ou in their hundreds
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