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1 wife
1 ( spouse) gen femme f ; Admin, Jur épouse f ; she was his second wife c'était sa deuxième femme ; he had three children by his first wife il a eu trois enfants de sa première femme ; she will make him a good wife elle fera une bonne épouse pour lui ; many wives would disagree beaucoup de femmes mariées ne seraient pas d'accord ; the baker's/farmer's/butcher's wife la boulangère/la fermière/la bouchère ; to take sb as one's wife sout, to take sb to wife‡ prendre qn pour femme† ; the wife ○ hum la régulière ○ hum ;2 ‡( woman) bonne femme f. -
2 wife
∎ archaic to take a wife prendre femme;∎ formal do you take this woman to be your lawful, wedded wife? prenez-vous cette femme pour épouse légitime?;∎ archaic to take sb to wife prendre qn pour femme;∎ she's his second wife elle est sa deuxième femme, il l'a épousée en secondes noces;∎ she's been a good wife to him elle a été une bonne épouse pour lui;∎ the farmer's wife la fermière; -
3 the
the [before consonant sounds ðə, before vowel sounds ðɪ, stressed ði:]∎ the blue dress is the prettiest la robe bleue est la plus jolie;∎ the dead/poor les morts mpl/pauvres mpl;∎ the French/Germans les Français mpl/Allemands mpl;∎ I can't do the impossible je ne peux pas faire l'impossible;∎ translated from the Latin traduit du latin;∎ she's giving up her job - the woman's mad! elle quitte son emploi - c'est une folle!(b) (with names, titles)∎ the Smiths/Martins les Smith/Martin;∎ Alexander the Great Alexandre le Grand;∎ Elizabeth the First Élisabeth Première(c) (with numbers, dates etc)∎ Monday June the tenth or the tenth of June le lundi 10 juin;∎ on the Monday he fell ill le lundi il est tombé malade;∎ the temperature was in the 80s il faisait environ 25°C;∎ the 1820s les années 1820 à 1830;∎ in the summer of 1946 pendant l'été 1946;∎ the second from the left le second en partant de la gauche(d) (in prices, quantities)∎ tomatoes are 40p the pound les tomates sont à 40 pence la livre;∎ the car does 40 miles to the gallon la voiture consomme 7 litres aux 100∎ the more the better plus il y en a, mieux c'est;∎ the less said the better moins on en parlera, mieux cela vaudra;∎ the sooner the better le plus tôt sera le mieux∎ for him Bach is THE composer pour lui, Bach est le compositeur par excellence;∎ the Olympics are THE event this winter les jeux Olympiques sont l'événement à ne pas manquer cet hiver;∎ do you mean THE John Irving? vous voulez dire le célèbre John Irving?∎ I haven't the time/money to do it je n'ai pas le temps de/l'argent pour le faire∎ she took him by the hand elle l'a pris par la main;∎ familiar how's the wife? comment va la femme?;∎ familiar well, how's the throat then? eh bien, et cette gorge?;∎ I've brought the family along j'ai emmené la famille -
4 wife
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5 wife battering
wife battering n violence f corporelle contre les femmes ; the problem of wife battering le problème des femmes battues. -
6 wife
plural - wives; noun(the woman to whom one is married: Come and meet my wife; He is looking for a wife.) femme- wife-battering -
7 wife-battering
noun (the crime of beating one's own wife.) -
8 at the expense of
1) (being paid for by; at the cost of: He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.) aux frais de; aux dépens de2) (making (a person) appear ridiculous: He told a joke at his wife's expense.) aux dépens de -
9 for the sake of
1) (in order to benefit: He bought a house in the country for the sake of his wife's health.) dans l'intérêt de qqn2) (because of a desire for: For the sake of peace, he said he agreed with her.) pour l'amour de -
10 in the doghouse
(in disgrace: He forgot his wife's birthday, so he's in the doghouse.) en disgrâce -
11 think the world of
(to be very fond of: He thinks the world of his wife.) adorer -
12 sister-in-law
plural - sisters-in-law; noun1) (the sister of one's husband or wife.) belle-soeur2) (the wife of one's brother.) belle-soeur -
13 of
of [ɒv, əv]a. de━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how much of this do you want? combien en voulez-vous ?► of + possessive• he's got four sisters, I've met two of them il a quatre sœurs, j'en ai rencontré deuxc. ( = about) de• what do you think of him? que pensez-vous de lui ?• what do you think of it? qu'en pensez-vous ?• what of it? et alors ?• a dress made of wool une robe en or de laine* * *[ɒv, əv]1) ( in most uses) de2) ( made of)a will of iron — fig une volonté de fer
3) ( indicating an agent)that's kind of you — c'est très gentil de votre part or à vous
4) ( indicating a proportion)of the twelve of us... — sur les douze (que nous sommes/étions)...
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14 Forms of address
Only those forms of address in frequent use are included here ; titles of members of the nobility or of church dignitaries are not covered ; for the use of military ranks as titles ⇒ Military ranks and titles.Speaking to someoneWhere English puts the surname after the title, French normally uses the title alone (note that when speaking to someone, French does not use a capital letter for monsieur, madame and mademoiselle, unlike English Mr etc., nor for titles such as docteur).good morning, Mr Johnson= bonjour, monsieurgood evening, Mrs Jones= bonsoir, madamegoodbye, Miss Smith= au revoir, mademoiselleThe French monsieur and madame tend to be used more often than the English Mr X or Mrs Y. Also, in English, people often say simply Good morning or Excuse me ; in the equivalent situation in French, they might say Bonjour, monsieur or Pardon, madame. However, the French are slower than the British, and much slower than the Americans, to use someone’s first name, so hi there, Peter! to a colleague may well be simply bonjour!, or bonjour, monsieur ; bonjour, cher ami ; bonjour, mon vieux etc., depending on the degree of familiarity that exists.In both languages, other titles are also used, e.g.:hallo, Dr. Brown or hallo, Doctor= bonjour, docteurIn some cases where titles are not used in English, they are used in French, e.g. bonjour, Monsieur le directeur or bonjour, Madame la directrice to a head teacher, or bonjour, maître to a lawyer of either sex. Other titles, such as professeur ( in the sense of professor), are used much less than their English equivalents in direct address. Where in English one might say Good morning, Professor, in French one would probably say Bonjour, monsieur or Bonjour, madame.Titles of important positions are used in direct forms of address, preceded by Monsieur le or Madame le or Madame la, as in:yes, Chair= oui, Monsieur le président or (to a woman) oui, Madame la présidenteyes, Minister= oui, Monsieur le ministre or (to a woman) oui, Madame le ministreNote the use of Madame le when the noun in question, like ministre here, or professeur and other titles, has no feminine form, or no acceptable feminine. A woman Member of Parliament is addressed as Madame le député, a woman Senator Madame le sénateur, a woman judge Madame le juge and a woman mayor Madame le maire. Women often prefer the masculine word even when a feminine form does exist, as in Madame l’ambassadeur to a woman ambassador, Madame l’ambassadrice being reserved for the wife of an ambassador.Speaking about someoneMr Smith is here= monsieur Smith est làMrs Jones phoned= madame Jones a téléphonéMiss Black has arrived= mademoiselle Black est arrivéeMs Brown has left= madame Brown or (as appropriate) mademoiselle Brown est partie(French has no equivalent of Ms.)When the title accompanies someone’s name, the definite article must be used in French:Dr Blake has arrived= le docteur Blake est arrivéProfessor Jones spoke= le professeur Jones a parléThis is true of all titles:Prince Charles= le prince CharlesPrincess Marie= la princesse MarieNote that with royal etc. titles, only 1er is spoken as an ordinal number (premier) in French ; unlike English, all the others are spoken as cardinal numbers (deux, trois, and so on).King Richard I= le roi Richard 1er ( say Richard premier)Queen Elizabeth II= la reine Elizabeth II ( say Elizabeth deux)Pope John XXIII= le pape Jean XXIII ( say Jean vingt-trois) -
15 queen
[kwi:n]1) (a woman who rules a country, who inherits her position by right of birth: the Queen of England; Queen Elizabeth II.) reine2) (the wife of a king: The king and his queen were both present.) reine3) (a woman who is in some way important, excellent or special: a beauty queen; a movie queen.) reine4) (a playing-card with a picture of a queen on it: I have two aces and a queen.) dame5) (an important chess-piece: a bishop, a king and a queen.) reine6) (the egg-laying female of certain kinds of insect (especially bees, ants and wasps).) reine7) ((slang) a homosexual man who assumes the female role.)•- queenly- queen mother -
16 aunt
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17 step-father
nouns (the husband, who is not the person's father, of a person's own mother, or the wife, who is not the person's mother, of a person's own father.) beau-père; belle-mère -
18 step-mother
nouns (the husband, who is not the person's father, of a person's own mother, or the wife, who is not the person's mother, of a person's own father.) beau-père; belle-mère -
19 crown princess
1) (the wife of a crown prince.) princesse royale/impériale2) (the female heir to the throne.) princesse héritière -
20 countess
1) (the wife or widow of an earl or count.) comtesse2) (a woman of the same rank as an earl or count in her own right.) comtesse
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