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1 prix
prix [pʀi]1. masculine nouna. ( = coût) [d'objet, produit] price ; [de location, transport] cost• je l'ai payé 600 € -- c'est le prix I paid 600 euros for it -- that's the going rate• quel est votre dernier prix ? (pour vendre) what's the lowest you'll go? ; (pour acheter) what's your final offer?• je cherche une robe -- dans quels prix ? I'm looking for a dress -- in what price range?c. ( = personne) prizewinner ; ( = livre) prizewinning book2. compounds* * *pʀinom masculin invariable1) Économie, fig priceun prix d'ami — a special price (colloq)
qu'il soit d'accord ou pas, c'est le même prix! — (colloq) fig it doesn't matter whether he agrees or not!
trouver quelque chose dans ses prix — ( fourchette de prix) to find something within one's price range; ( dans ses moyens) to find something one can afford
mettre quelque chose à prix à 50 euros — [commissaire-priseur] to start the bidding for something at 50 euros
son amitié n'a pas de prix pour moi — his/her friendship is very precious to me
j'attache beaucoup de prix à son amitié — I value his/her friendship highly ou greatly
2) (honneur, récompense) prizeprix Nobel — ( récompense) Nobel prize; ( personne) Nobel prizewinner
3) ( course hippique) race* * *pʀi nm1) (= valeur, coût) priceJe n'arrive pas à lire le prix de ce livre. — I can't see the price of this book.
Je veux éviter ça à tout prix. — I want to avoid this at all costs.
Je n'irai là-bas à aucun prix. — I'm not going there at any price.
mettre à prix — to set a reserve price on Grande-Bretagne to set an upset price on USA
2) (= récompense) prizeCécile a eu le prix de la meilleure actrice. — Cécile got the prize for best actress.
3) ÉDUCATION prize* * *prix nm inv1 ( coût) price; prix d'achat/de vente purchase/selling price; prix de détail/de gros retail/wholesale price; prix fixe set price; prix affiché/conseillé/demandé posted/recommended/asking price; prix de revient cost price; vendre à or au prix coûtant to sell at cost price; au prix où sont les appartements nous ne pourrons jamais acheter at the price apartments are we'll never be able to buy anything; prix à la production/à la consommation producer/consumer price; prix de sortie d'usine factory(-gate) price; c'est à quel prix? how much is it?; ton prix sera le mien name your price; c'est mon dernier prix that's my final offer; tu me fais un prix (d'ami)? can you do GB ou make US me a special price○?; qu'il soit d'accord ou pas, c'est le même prix○! fig it doesn't matter whether he agrees or not!; trouver qch dans mes prix ( fourchette de prix) to find sth within my price-range; ( dans mes moyens) to find sth I can afford; meubles anciens vendus au prix fort antiques sold at a premium (price); acheter une maison au prix fort to buy a house when prices are at their highest; à bon prix [vendre] at a good price; de prix expensive; hors de prix extremely expensive; cela n'a pas de prix it's priceless; acheter qch à prix d'or to pay a small fortune for sth; c'est joli, mais j'y ai mis le prix it's pretty, but I paid a lot for it; si tu veux de la soie, il faut être prêt à y mettre le prix if you want silk, you have to be prepared to pay for it; mettre qch à prix à 50 euros [commissaire- priseur] to start the bidding at 50 euros; mettre à prix la tête de qn to put a price on sb's head;2 (coût en efforts, sacrifices) price; le prix de la réussite the price of success; à tout prix at all costs; je ne le ferai à aucun prix I will not do it at any price; au prix de nombreux sacrifices by dint of much sacrifice;3 (valeur affective, morale) price; son amitié n'a pas de prix pour moi his/her friendship is very precious to me; j'attache beaucoup de prix à son amitié I value his/her friendship greatly; cela donne du prix à ta visite it makes your visit all the more precious; apprécier l'amabilité de qn à son juste prix to appreciate sb's kindness fully;4 (honneur, récompense) prize; obtenir le premier/deuxième prix to win first/second prize; il n'a pas eu de prix he didn't get a prize; prix de consolation consolation prize; prix d'encouragement special ou consolation prize; obtenir le premier prix d'interprétation to get the award for best actor; le prix Nobel ( récompense) the Nobel prize; ( personne) the Nobel prize-winner; c'est le premier prix du concours Chopin ( personne) he/she won first prize in the Chopin competition; lire le prix Goncourt to read the book which won the Prix Goncourt;5 Turf race; ⇒ grand.prix d'appel loss leader; prix d'excellence prize for top academic achievement; prix de retrait reserve price.au prix où sont les choses or où est le beurre○! prices being what they are![pri] nom masculin‘prix écrasés/sacrifiés!’ ‘prices slashed!’ça coûte un prix fou it costs a fortune ou the earthmes bottes, dis un prix pour voir! how much do you think my boots cost?a. [maximal] top ou maximum priceb. [excessif] high pricej'ai payé le prix fort pour ma promotion I was promoted but I paid a high price for it ou it cost me dearprix imposé/libre fixed/deregulated priceprix courant going ou market priceprix hors taxes price before tax ou dutiesà prix d'or: on achète aujourd'hui ses esquisses à prix d'or his sketches are now worth their weight in gold ou now cost the earthy mettre le prix: j'ai fini par trouver le cuir que je voulais mais j'ai dû y mettre le prix I finally found the type of leather I was looking for, but I had to pay top price for itelle a été reçue à son examen, mais il a fallu qu'elle y mette le prix (figuré) she pa ssed her exam, but she really had to work hard for it2. [étiquette] price (tag) ou labelil n'y avait pas de prix dessus it wasn't priced, there was no price tag on it3. [barème convenu] pricec'était la fin du marché, elle m'a fait un prix pour les deux cageots the market was nearly over, so she let me have both boxes cheapmettre quelque chose à prix [aux enchères] to set a reserve (UK) ou an upset (US) price on somethingle prix de la vie/liberté the price of life/freedomil donne ou attache plus de prix à sa famille depuis sa maladie his family is more important to him since his illnesson attache plus de prix à la vie quand on a failli la perdre life is more precious to you when you have nearly lost it5. [dans un concours commercial, un jeu] prizepremier/deuxième prix first/second prizele film qui a gagné le Grand Prix d'Avoriaz the film which won the Grand Prix at the Avoriaz festivalle prix Louis-Delluc the Louis Delluc film (UK) ou movie (US) award (annual prize for a French film)6. [œuvre primée - livre] award-winning book ou title ; [ - disque] award-winning record ; [ - film] award-winning film (UK) ou movie (US)7. [lauréat] prizewinner8. ÉDUCATION [distinction]jour de la distribution des prix prize ou prizegiving dayà aucun prix locution adverbialeà n'importe quel prix locution adverbiale————————à tout prix locution adverbiale1. [obligatoirement] at all costs————————au prix de locution prépositionnelle————————de prix locution adjectivale[bijou, objet] valuable————————sans prix locution adjectivale -
2 virage
n. m.1. Prendre le virage: To make an adroit U-turn, to totally change one's line of action in a diplomatic and logical way. (The image of the motorist carefully 'negotiating a bend' is present in this expression.)2. Attendre quelqu'un au virage (fig.): To bide one's time in order to get even. Il m'a chopé au virage! In the end he got his own back! -
3 roue
n. f.1. Etre dans la roue: To be 'in the running', to be in on a success. (This expression and the following three originate from the language of racing cyclists.)a To ride in a fellow-competitor's wind-stream, to stick to his rear wheel in a leech-like manner.b (fig.): To stick closely to someone and copy his every move with the intention of beating him at the finish.3. Montrer sa roue arrière: To 'show a clean pair of heels', to leave the opposition standing.4. Faire roue libre: To take life easy (as the literal meaning suggests, 'to free-wheel along').5. Mettre des bâtons dans les roues à quelqu'un: To 'put a spoke in someone's wheel', to hamper someone's progress.6. Pousser a la roue (fig.): To give (someone) a push in the right direction.7. Faire la roue: To 'strut about', to show off (like the peacock whence the expression originates).8. Graisser les roues (of motorist): To 'have one for the road', to have one more drink before driving off.9. Etre la cinquième roue du carrosse: To be surplus to requirements (to have as little active use as a spare wheel on a stage-coach). -
4 planter
I.v. trans.1. To stab, to knife. (The verb is nearly always found in the passive, as in Il s'est fait planter à la sortie du bal: He got chivved coming out of a dance-hall.)2. En planter un: To get a girl 'in the club', to make a woman pregnant. Elle s'est fait planter un polichinelle signé anonyme: The poor girl's preggers and doesn't even know who to blame!3. Planter un drapeau: To leave without paying (in café, restaurant).II.v. trans. reflex.1. (of motorist): To come off the road and crash into the scenery.2. (of light aircraft): To crash-land. -
5 rabattre
I.v. trans. Rabattre les oreilles à quelqu'un: To 'witter on' about something to someone, to harp on ad nauseam. (This is a corruption of the accepted expression rebattre les oreilles à quelqu'un which is losing ground to the colloquial one.)II.v. intrans. To come back, to return (often with unfriendly intentions).III.v. pronom.1. (of motorist, etc.): To swerve back onto the correct side of the road to avoid oncoming traffic.2. To return to an old haunt, to come back to familiar surroundings. -
6 rade
I.n. m.1. Bar (in pub or café). Prendre un verre au rade: To have a drink at the bar.2. (Prostitutes' slang): Pavement. ( Faire le rade can have two meanings, either to solicit perched on a bar stool, or more prosaically to 'pound the beat'.)II.n. f. Etre en rade: To be 'stranded', to be left to cope on one's own. Tomber en rade:a (of motorist): To break down.b (fig., of plans, projects, etc.): To 'grind to a halt', to come to nothing. (These expressions make colloquial use of the French word for harbour; a maritime-flavoured translation of être laissé en rade could be 'to be left high and dry'—like a ship at low tide.) -
7 paysan
n. m. (pej.) Quel paysan! What a boor! — What a crude fellow! (Parisian motorists find the 'Paysan, va!' insult a potent one when riling a clumsy motorist from the provinces.) -
8 alcotest
n. m. (also: alcootest): 'Breathalyser', device for testing the alcohol level on a motorist's breath. -
9 macadam
n. m.1. Sidewalk, pavement. Faire le macadam (of prostitute): To walk the streets, to go soliciting.2. Piquer un macadam: To take a calculated and spectacular tumble whilst on a pedestrian crossing in order to cash in on an unfortunate motorist's insurance policy. -
10 P.V.
n. m. (abbr. Procès-Verbal): Fine. Se faire coller un P.v. (of motorist): To get a ticket. (Contrary to what the word suggests, Procès-Verbaux come in written form.)
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