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1 aveu
masculine noun[de crime, amour] confession ; [de fait, faiblesse] admission* * *pl aveux avø nom masculin1) ( de méfait) confession2) ( de défaut) admissionde son propre aveu — on his/her own admission
* * *avø aveux pl1. nmJ'ai un aveu à vous faire. — I have a confession to make.
2. aveux nmpl[suspect] confession sg* * *1 ( de méfait) confession; arracher des aveux à qn to extract a confession from sb; faire des aveux to make a confession; faire des aveux complets to make a full confession; faire l'aveu de to confess to [crime, faute]; passer aux aveux to confess;2 ( sans action blâmable) admission; un aveu d'échec/de faiblesse an admission of failure/of weakness; de l'aveu de qn on the admission of sb; de son propre aveu on his own admission; c'est un aveu d'impuissance it's an admission of powerlessness; après de tendres aveux liter after tender avowals of love littér.1. [confession]faire un aveu to acknowledge ou to confess ou to admit somethingje vais vous faire un aveu, j'ai peur en voiture I must confess that I'm scared in carsa. [à la police] to make a full confessionb. (figuré & humoristique) to confess all2. (littéraire) [foi]————————de l'aveu de locution prépositionnellela tour ne tiendra pas, de l'aveu même de l'architecte the tower will collapse, even the architect says so
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