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1 incertitude
incertitude [ɛ̃sεʀtityd]feminine noun* * *ɛ̃sɛʀtitydnom féminin uncertainty* * *ɛ̃sɛʀtityd nf* * *incertitude nf1 (d'avenir, de résultat, témoignage, prévision) uncertainty; période d'incertitude period of uncertainty; incertitude économique economic uncertainty; les incertitudes d'une situation the uncertainties of a situation;2 ( de personne) uncertainty; laisser qn à ses incertitudes to keep sb guessing; être/vivre dans l'incertitude to be/live in a state of uncertainty; mon incertitude est totale I'm completely in the dark; vivre dans l'incertitude du lendemain to live from day to day; être dans l'incertitude sur ce que l'on doit faire not to be sure what to do.[ɛ̃sɛrtityd] nom féminin1. [doute, précarité] uncertaintynous sommes dans l'incertitude we're uncertain, we're not sureI'm not sure whether it'll work (or not). Je ne suis pas sûr que ça va marcherI'm not at all sure (that) I want to go. Je ne suis pas sûr du tout d'avoir envie d'y allerIt's still not sure whether the contract will be signed. Il y a encore une incertitude sur la signature du contratHe doesn't know whether she's coming (or not). Il ne sait pas si elle vient ou pasI'm still in two minds about going. Je ne sais toujours pas si je vais y allerNothing has been decided yet. Rien n'est encore sûrI doubt (that) he'll pass. Je doute qu'il réussisseWho knows why she did it? Va savoir pourquoi elle l'a faitIt's anyone's guess when they'll get here. Dieu seul sait quand ils arriveront -
2 doute
doute [dut]masculine noun• dans le doute, abstiens-toi when in doubt, don't!• avoir des doutes sur or au sujet de qch/qn to have one's doubts about sth/sb• il ne fait aucun doute que... there is no doubt that...• mettre en doute [+ affirmation, honnêteté de qn] to question• tu viendras demain ? -- sans doute are you coming tomorrow -- yes, probably━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When sans doute begins a phrase, verb and subject are inverted.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• mettre hors de doute [+ authenticité] to prove beyond doubt* * *dut
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nom masculin1) ( incertitude) doubtêtre dans le doute — to be doubtful, to have misgivings ( au sujet de about)
2) ( soupçon) doubtavoir des doutes — to have doubts ou misgivings (sur, au sujet de about)
il fait peu de doute que, il ne fait guère de doute que — there's little doubt that
sa culpabilité ne fait aucun doute — there's no doubt as to his/her guilt
3) Philosophie, Religion doubt
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sans doute locution adverbiale probablysans aucun doute, sans nul doute — without any doubt
* * *dut nmsans doute (= probablement) — no doubt, probably
Il est sans doute reparti. — He's no doubt left again., He's probably left again.
sans nul doute; sans aucun doute — without doubt, without a doubt
* * *A nm1 ( incertitude) doubt; laisser qn dans le doute to leave sb in a state of uncertainty; cela est hors de doute it's beyond doubt; être en prise au doute to be beset by doubt; le doute m'envahit I'm overcome by doubt; jeter le doute sur to cast doubt on; mettre qch en doute to call sth into question [propos, honnêteté, compétence]; être dans le doute to be doubtful, to have misgivings (au sujet de about); dans le doute, j'ai préféré ne rien dire not being sure I didn't say anything; ⇒ abstenir;2 ( soupçon) doubt; avoir des doutes to have doubts ou misgivings (sur, au sujet de about); j'ai des doutes! I have my doubts!; un doute subsiste or demeure à ce sujet there is still some doubt about it; il a exprimé or émis des doutes à propos de he expressed some doubt about; il fait peu de doute que, il ne fait guère de doute que there's little doubt that; il ne fait aucun doute que, nul doute que there's no doubt ou question that; sa culpabilité ne fait aucun doute there's no doubt as to his/her guilt; leur supériorité ne laisse aucun doute sur l'issue du combat their superiority leaves no doubt as to the outcome of the fight;B sans doute loc adv probably; il viendra sans doute demain, sans doute viendra-t-il demain he'll probably come tomorrow, no doubt he'll come tomorrow; vous trouvez sans doute que j'exagère you probably think I'm exaggerating; sans aucun doute, sans nul doute without any doubt.[dut] nom masculin1. [soupçon] doubtavoir des doutes sur ou quant à ou au sujet de quelque chose to have (one's) doubts ou misgivings about somethingil n'y a aucun doute (possible), c'est lui it's him, (there's) no doubt about itsa victoire ne faisait aucun doute there was no doubt about her being the winner, her victory was certainil y a des doutes quant à l'identité du peintre there is some doubt as to the identity of the painterjeter le doute sur to cast ou to throw doubt ontu as semé ou mis le doute dans mon esprit you've made me doubtfuldans le doute locution adverbialeêtre dans le doute to be doubtful ou uncertainlaisser quelqu'un dans le doute [suj: personne, circonstances] to leave somebody in a state of uncertainty————————en doute locution adverbialeb. [suj: circonstances, témoignage] to cast doubt on————————sans doute locution adverbiale2. [assurément]3. [certes]tu me l'avais promis — sans doute, mais... you'd promised me — that's true ou I know, but... -
3 expectative
expectative [εkspεktativ]feminine noun( = incertitude) state of uncertainty ; ( = attente prudente) cautious approach• être or rester dans l'expectative (incertitude) to be still waiting ; (attente prudente) to wait and see* * *ɛkspɛktativnom féminin ( attente prudente) prudent approach* * *ɛkspɛktativ nf* * *expectative nf1 ( attente prudente) prudent approach; rester dans l'expectative to wait and see; nous sommes dans l'expectative we'll have to wait and see;2 ( espérance) hope; vivre dans l'expectative de qch to live in hope of sth.[ɛkspɛktativ] nom féminin[attente - incertaine] state of uncertainty ; [ - prudente] cautious wait ; [ - pleine d'espoir] expectancy, expectation————————dans l'expectative locution adverbialea. [espérer] to be in a state of expectationb. [être incertain] to be in a state of uncertainty
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