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(district, origins) ouvrier; (accent) des classes populaires;∎ she's working-class elle appartient à la classe ouvrière;∎ a working class hero un héros de la classe ouvrière ou du prolétariatUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > working-class
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B adj [area, background, childhood, family, life] ouvrier/-ière ; [culture, London] prolétarien/-ienne ; [person] de la classe ouvrière. -
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1.noun classe f ouvrière2.the working classes — les classes fpl laborieuses
working-class adjective [area, background, childhood, family, life] ouvrier/-ière; [culture, London] prolétarien/-ienne; [person] de la classe ouvrière -
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Trav. classes laborieuses; prolétariat; travailleurs [ouvriers et employés]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > working class
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(the section of society who work with their hands, doing manual labour.) classe ouvrière -
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working [ˈwɜ:kɪŋ]1. adjectivea. ( = to do with work) [clothes, lunch] de travail ; [partner, population] actif• she spent most of her working life abroad elle a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie active à l'étrangerc. ( = functioning) [model] qui marche2. plural noun3. compounds* * *['wɜːkɪŋ] 1.1) ( functioning) fonctionnement m2) (shaping, preparation) travail m (of de)3) ( draft solution) calculs mpl2.workings plural noun lit, fig rouages mpl3.1) [parent, woman] qui travaille; [conditions, environment, methods] de travail; [population, life] actif/-ive; [lunch, day, week] de travailduring working hours — ( in office) pendant les heures de bureau; ( in shop) pendant les heures de travail
2) ( provisional) [document, hypothesis] de travail; [definition, title] provisoire3) ( functional) [model] qui fonctionne; [mine] en exploitation4) Economics [expenses, stock] d'exploitation -
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working ['wɜ:kɪŋ]∎ ordinary working people les travailleurs ordinaires;∎ the party of the working man le parti des travailleurs(b) (day, hours) de travail;∎ during a normal working day pendant la journée de travail;∎ Sunday is not a working day le dimanche est chômé, on ne travaille pas le dimanche;∎ a working week of forty hours une semaine de quarante heures;∎ he spent his entire working life with the firm il a travaillé toute sa vie dans l'entreprise;∎ to be of working age être en âge de travailler;∎ a working breakfast/lunch un petit déjeuner/un déjeuner d'affaires(c) (clothes, conditions) de travail;∎ a relaxed working environment un milieu professionnel détendu;∎ we have a close working relationship nous travaillons bien ensemble(d) (functioning → farm, factory) qui marche;∎ in (good) working order en (bon) état de marche;(e) (theory, definition) de travail; (majority) suffisant; (agreement) de circonstance; (knowledge) adéquat, suffisant;∎ working agreement modus vivendi m;∎ to have a working knowledge of French/the law posséder une connaissance suffisante du français/du droit2 noun(b) (operation → of machine) fonctionnement m∎ it's difficult to understand the workings of his mind il est difficile de savoir ce qu'il a dans la tête ou ce qui se passe dans sa tête∎ old mine workings anciennes mines fpl►► Finance working account compte m d'exploitation;Accountancy working assets actif m circulant;Finance working capital (UNCOUNT) fonds mpl de roulement, capital m de roulement;Finance working capital cycle cycle m du besoin en fonds de roulement;Finance working capital fund compte m d'avances;the working class, the working classes la classe ouvrière, le prolétariat;working copy (of document, text) copie f de travail;working drawing épure f;working expenses frais mpl généraux, frais mpl d'exploitation;Computing working file fichier m de travail;working girl (prostitute) professionnelle f;working hypothesis hypothèse f de travail;working interest participation f d'exploitation;working lunch déjeuner m d'affaires ou de travail;working majority majorité f suffisante;British working man ouvrier m;working men's club = club d'ouvriers, comportant un bar et une scène où sont présentés des spectacles;working model modèle m qui fonctionne;Mathematics working out (of problem) résolution f;∎ show all working out (in exam paper) montrez les étapes de votre raisonnement;working party (committee → for study) groupe m de travail; (→ for enquiry) commission f d'enquête; (group → of prisoners, soldiers) groupe m de travail;working speed vitesse f de régime;working title titre m provisoire; -
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(person) qui travaille; (population) actif(ive)FINANCE working account compte m d'exploitation;working agreement accord m, entente f;ACCOUNTANCY working assets actif m circulant;FINANCE working capital fonds m pl de roulement;FINANCE working capital cycle cycle m du besoin en fonds de roulement;FINANCE working capital fund compte d'avances;FINANCE working capital requirements besoins m pl en fonds de roulement;working class classe f ouvrière;working conditions conditions f pl de travail;working copy (of document) copie f de travail;working day journée f (de travail); ADMINISTRATION jour m ouvrable;∎ during a normal working day pendant la journée de travail;∎ Sunday is not a working day le dimanche est chômé;working document document m de travail;working environment environnement m professionnel;working expenses frais m pl généraux, frais d'exploitation;working hours heures f pl de travail;working interest participation f d'exploitation;working lunch déjeuner m d'affaires ou de travail;working man ouvrier m;working party groupe m de travail;working week semaine f de travail;working woman ouvrière f; (woman who works) femme f qui travaille -
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1. plural - classes; noun1) (a group of people or things that are alike in some way: The dog won first prize in its class in the dog show.) classe2) ((the system according to which people belong to) one of a number of economic/social groups: the upper class; the middle class; the working class; ( also adjective) the class system.) classe3) (a grade or rank (of merit): musicians of a high class.) classe4) (a number of students or scholars taught together: John and I are in the same class.) classe5) (a school lesson or college lecture etc: a French class.) cours6) ((American) a course or series of lectures, often leading to an examination.)2. verb(to regard as being of a certain type: He classes all women as stupid.) classer- class-room -
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class, US [transcription][kl_s]A n2 Sch, Univ ( group of students) classe f ; ( lesson) cours m (in de) ; in class en cours or classe ; to give a class assurer un cours ; to take a class GB assurer un cours ; US suivre un cours ;4 ( category) gen classe f, catégorie f ; Jur ( of offence) type m ; ( of vehicle) catégorie f ; Naut (of ship, submarine) classe f ; to be in a class of one's own ou by oneself être hors catégorie ; she's in a different class from il n'y a aucune comparaison possible entre elle et ; he's not in the same class as il n'arrive pas à la cheville de ;5 ○ ( elegance) classe f ; to have class avoir de la classe ; to add a touch of class to sth donner un peu de distinction à qch ;6 Tourism classe f ; to travel first/second class voyager en première/deuxième classe ; a first/second class seat une place de première/deuxième classe ;7 GB Univ ≈ mention f ; what was the class of your degree? ≈ est-ce que vous avez eu votre licence avec mention? ; a first-/second-class degree ≈ licence avec mention très bien/bien ;C vtr to class sb/sth among/with classer qn/qch parmi/ avec ; to class sb/sth as assimiler qn/qch à. -
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[wə:k] 1. noun1) (effort made in order to achieve or make something: He has done a lot of work on this project) travail2) (employment: I cannot find work in this town.) travail3) (a task or tasks; the thing that one is working on: Please clear your work off the table.) travail4) (a painting, book, piece of music etc: the works of Van Gogh / Shakespeare/Mozart; This work was composed in 1816.) oeuvre5) (the product or result of a person's labours: His work has shown a great improvement lately.) travail6) (one's place of employment: He left (his) work at 5.30 p.m.; I don't think I'll go to work tomorrow.) travail2. verb1) (to (cause to) make efforts in order to achieve or make something: She works at the factory three days a week; He works his employees very hard; I've been working on/at a new project.) (faire) travailler (sur/à)2) (to be employed: Are you working just now?) travailler3) (to (cause to) operate (in the correct way): He has no idea how that machine works / how to work that machine; That machine doesn't/won't work, but this one's working.) (faire) fonctionner4) (to be practicable and/or successful: If my scheme works, we'll be rich!) marcher5) (to make (one's way) slowly and carefully with effort or difficulty: She worked her way up the rock face.) progresser (lentement)6) (to get into, or put into, a stated condition or position, slowly and gradually: The wheel worked loose.) devenir peu à peu7) (to make by craftsmanship: The ornaments had been worked in gold.) façonner•- - work- workable - worker - works 3. noun plural1) (the mechanism (of a watch, clock etc): The works are all rusted.) mécanisme2) (deeds, actions etc: She's devoted her life to good works.) oeuvres•- work-box - workbook - workforce - working class - working day - work-day - working hours - working-party - work-party - working week - workman - workmanlike - workmanship - workmate - workout - workshop - at work - get/set to work - go to work on - have one's work cut out - in working order - out of work - work of art - work off - work out - work up - work up to - work wonders -
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environment [ɪnˈvaɪərənmənt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ The French word has nne in the middle, compared to just n in the English word.* * *[ɪn'vaɪərənmənt]friendly environment — ambiance f amicale
working environment — conditions fpl de travail
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background [ˈbækgraʊnd]1. nouna. [of picture, photo] fond mb. (social) milieu m socioculturel ; (political) climat m politique ; ( = basic knowledge) éléments mpl de base ; ( = job experience) expérience f professionnelle ; ( = education) formation fc. ( = circumstances) what is the background to these events? quel est le contexte de ces événements ?• this decision was taken against a background of violence cette décision a été prise dans un climat de violence• the meeting took place against a background of social unrest la réunion s'est tenue sur fond d'agitation sociale2. compounds* * *['bækgraʊnd] 1.1) ( of person) ( social) milieu m; (personal, family) origines fpl; ( professional) formation fa background in law/linguistics — une formation juridique/en linguistique
2) ( context) contexte m3) (of painting, photo, scene) arrière-plan magainst a background of — sur un fond or un arrière-plan de
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mass [mæs]1. nouna. [of substance, objects] masse fb. ( = people) the masses les masses (populaires)c. (religious) messe f2. plural noun3. adjectivea. [unemployment, destruction] massif ; [resignations, redundancies] en masse ; [hysteria] collectifb. [culture, movement] de masse[troops] se masser ; [clouds] s'amonceler5. compounds* * *[mæs] 1.2) ( amount) ( of people) foule f (of de); ( of details) quantité f (of de)3) Religion messe f4) Physics, Art masse f2.masses plural noun1) ( the people)the masses — gen la foule; ( working class) les masses fpl
2) (colloq) GB ( lots)3.masses of work — beaucoup or plein (colloq) de travail
noun modifier1) ( large scale) [ audience] de masse; [ destruction, exodus, protest, unemployment] massif/-ive; [ sackings] en massemass meeting — rassemblement m de masse
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A n1 ( voluminous body) masse f (of de) ; ( cluster) amas m (of de) ; a mass of trees une masse d'arbres ; a mass of particles un amas de particules ; the tree was just a mass of flowers l'arbre était couvert de fleurs ;2 ( large amount) ( of people) foule f (of de) ; (of evidence, legislation, details) quantité f (of de) ;3 Relig messe f ; to celebrate/say mass célébrer/dire la messe ; to attend ou go to mass aller à la messe ;1 ( the people) the masses gen la foule ; ( working class) les masses fpl ; the labouring masses les masses laborieuses ;2 ○ GB ( lots) to have masses of work/friends avoir beaucoup or plein ○ de travail/d'amis ; there were masses of people il y avait une foule de gens ; there was masses of food il y avait un tas ○ de choses à manger ; to have masses of time avoir tout son temps, avoir largement le temps.C modif1 ( large scale) [audience] de masse ; [destruction, exodus, protest, unemployment] massif/-ive ; mass meeting rassemblement m de masse ; mass shooting massacre m ;2 ( of the people) [communications, consciousness, culture, demonstration, movement, tourism] de masse ; [hysteria] collectif/-ive ; to have mass appeal avoir un succès de masse ;3 ( simultaneous) [sackings, desertions] en masse.D vi [troops] se regrouper ; [bees] se masser ; [clouds] s'amonceler. -
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1 ( satisfied) [person, parent, winner] fier/fière (of de ; of doing de faire) ; [owner] heureux/-euse ; to be proud of oneself être fier de soi ; I was proud that I had been chosen j'étais fier d'avoir été choisi ; she is proud that he has won elle est fière qu'il ait gagné ; I'm working-class and proud of it j'appartiens à la classe ouvrière et j'en suis fier ; I hope you're proud of yourself! iron tu peux être fier de toi! iron ; it was his proud boast that he had won the gold medal sa grande fierté était d'avoir gagné la médaille d'or ;3 ( great) [day, moment] grand (before n) ;4 GB ( protruding) protubérant ; fill the hole proud bouchez le trou en laissant une protubérance ; to stand proud of dépasser [crack, hole, surface].to do sb proud ( entertain) traiter qn royalement ; ( praise) faire honneur à qn ; your honesty does you proud ton honnêteté te fait honneur ; to do oneself proud ne rien se refuser. -
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1 ( strongly) [built] solidement ;3 ( continuously) [work, rain] sans interruption ;4 ( staunchly) [conservative, socialist] à cent pour cent ; [respectable] parfaitement ; they are solidly behind him ils le soutiennent massivement ; it's a solidly working-class area c'est une zone essentiellement ouvrière. -
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background ['bækgraʊnd]1 noun∎ yellow flowers on a green background des fleurs jaunes sur fond vert;∎ in the background dans le fond, à l'arrière-plan;∎ music was playing in the background il y avait de la musique en bruit de fond;∎ there was a lot of noise in the background il y avait beaucoup de bruit de fond;∎ figurative his wife remains very much in the background sa femme est très effacée ou reste à l'écart;∎ he's rather faded into the background since then on n'entend plus tellement parler de lui depuis(b) (of person → history) antécédents mpl; (→ family) milieu m socioculturel; (→ experience) formation f, acquis m; (→ education) formation f, bagage m;∎ people from a working-class background gens mpl de milieu ouvrier;∎ she has a good background in history elle a une bonne formation en histoire;∎ what is the candidate's background? (social) à quel milieu social appartient le candidat?; (professional) quelle est la formation du candidat?(c) (of event, situation) contexte m, climat m;∎ the economic background to the crisis les raisons économiques de la crise;∎ the talks are taking place against a background of political tensions les débats ont lieu dans un climat de tension politique;∎ the report looks at the background to the unrest le rapport examine l'historique de l'agitation∎ the program works in the background le programme est exécuté en arrière-plan(a) (unobtrusive → noise) de fond;∎ background colour couleur f de fond(b) (facts, material) de base, de fond;∎ background information éléments mpl de référence ou de base;∎ I need a bit more background information j'ai besoin de plus de données►► Computing background job tâche f de fond;background light éclairage m d'ambiance;Computing background (mode) printing impression f en arrière-plan;Computing background processing traitement m de données en tâches de fond;Physics background radiation rayonnement m naturel;background reading lectures fpl complémentaires;Computing background task tâche f d'arrière-plan
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