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1 volonté
volonté [vɔlɔ̃te]feminine nouna. ( = souhait, intention) wish ; ( = faculté) will• accomplir/respecter la volonté de qn to carry out/respect sb's wishes• volonté de guérir/réussir will to recover/succeed• « café à volonté » "as much coffee as you like"b. ( = disposition) bonne volonté willingness• il a beaucoup de bonne volonté mais peu d'aptitude he shows great willingness but not much aptitude• il met de la bonne/mauvaise volonté à faire son travail he goes about his work willingly/grudgingly• il fait preuve de bonne/mauvaise volonté he has a positive/negative attitudec. ( = caractère, énergie) willpower* * *vɔlɔ̃te
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1) ( disposition) willfaire preuve de bonne/mauvaise volonté — to show goodwill/ill-will
elle y met de la mauvaise volonté — she's doing it with bad grace or reluctantly
2) ( trait de caractère) willpower
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à volonté locution adverbiale1) ( autant que l'on veut)‘vin/pain/crudités à volonté’ — ‘unlimited wine/bread/salad’
2) ( comme on veut) [modulable] as required* * *vɔlɔ̃te nf1) [peuple] will2) (= énergie, fermeté) willpowerIl a beaucoup de volonté. — He's got a lot of willpower., He's strong-willed.
3) (= souhait, désir) wish4) (= disposition)bonne volonté — goodwill, willingness
mauvaise volonté — lack of goodwill, unwillingness
* * *A nf1 ( disposition) will; imposer sa volonté to impose one's will (à qn on sb); la volonté du peuple the will of the people; il a été inscrit contre sa volonté he was entered against his will; même avec la meilleure volonté du monde even with the best will in the world; ‘que ta volonté soit faite’ Relig ‘thy will be done’; bonne/mauvaise volonté goodwill/ill-will; faire preuve de bonne/mauvaise volonté to show goodwill/ill-will; être plein de bonne volonté to be full of goodwill; une personne/un geste de bonne volonté a person/an act of goodwill; elle y met de la mauvaise volonté she's doing it with bad grace or reluctantly; contrarier/aller contre la volonté de qn to thwart/go against sb's wishes; deux volontés contraires se sont exprimées two opposing wishes were expressed; manifester la volonté de faire to show one's willingness to do; leur volonté de signer les accords/refuser le compromis est claire their willingness to sign the agreements/refuse the compromise is clear; volonté de puissance/conquête/paix/vengeance desire for power/conquest/peace/revenge; faire appel aux bonnes volontés to appeal for volunteers; pour des raisons indépendantes de notre volonté for reasons beyond our control; ⇒ dernier, quatre;2 ( trait de caractère) willpower; avoir de la volonté to have willpower; faire preuve de volonté to show willpower; c'est une question de volonté it's a question of willpower; réussir à faire qch à force de volonté to succeed in doing sth by sheer willpower; avoir une volonté de fer to have an iron will.B à volonté loc adv2 ( comme on veut) [modulable] as required.[vɔlɔ̃te] nom fémininavoir de la volonté/beaucoup de volonté to have willpower/a strong willavoir une volonté de fer to have a will of iron ou an iron willil manque de volonté he lacks willpower, he doesn't have enough willpowerfaire quelque chose/aller contre la volonté de quelqu'un to do something/go against somebody's willla volonté de gagner/survivre the will to win/to survivela volonté divine ou de Dieu God's willque Ta/Votre volonté soit faite Thy will be done3. [disposition]allez, lève-toi, c'est de la mauvaise volonté! come on, get up, you're not really trying!————————à volonté locution adjectivalecafé à volonté as much coffee as you want, unlimited coffee————————à volonté locution adverbiale[arrêter, continuer] at will
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