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For the verb: "to beat"
| Simple Past: | beat |
| Past Participle: | beaten |
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
beat /biːt/
- noun
- (repeated sound) (of drum, feet) battement m;
to the ~ of the drum au son du tambour;
- Mus (rhythm) rythme m;
(in a bar) temps m;
(in verse) accentuation f;
- (pulsation) (of heart) battement m, pulsation f;
80 ~s per minute 80 pulsations à la minute;
- Phys, Elec (pulse) battement m;
- (in police force) (area) secteur m de surveillance;
(route) ronde f.
- (repeated sound) (of drum, feet) battement m;
- noun modifier Literat [poet, writer, philosophy] de la Beat Generation.
- (familier)adjective (tired) claqué (familier).
- transitive verb (prét beat, pp beaten)
- (strike) (person) battre (person, animal, metal, ground, drum);
(person) marteler (door) ( with avec);
(wing) battre (air, ground);
to ~ sb with a stick/whip donner des coups de bâton/de fouet à qn;
to ~ sth into sb inculquer qch à qn;
he beat the dust out of the carpet il a battu le tapis pour le dépoussiérer;
to ~ sth into shape façonner qch;
you'll have to ~ the truth out of him il te faudra lui arracher la vérité;
to ~ sb into submission faire obéir qn par la manière forte;
to ~ sb black and blue (familier) rouer qn de coups;
to ~ the hell (familier) out of sb tabasser (familier) qn;
to ~ time Mus battre la mesure;
to ~ its wings (bird) battre des ailes;
- Culin (mix vigorously) battre (mixture, eggs);
to ~ sth into sth incorporer qch à qch en battant;
- (make escape) to ~ one's way/a path through se frayer un chemin/un passage à travers (crowd, obstacles);
to ~ a retreat gen, Mil battre en retraite;
~ it (familier)! fiche le camp (familier)!;
- (defeat) battre (opponent, team) ( at à);
vaincre (inflation, drug abuse);
surmonter (illness);
mettre fin à (child abuse, rape);
- (confound) it ~s me how/why je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment/pourquoi;
we admit to being beaten nous nous avouons vaincus;
‘~s me (familier)!’, ‘it's got me beaten’ ‘ça me dépasse!’;
- (arrive earlier) éviter (rush, crowds);
devancer (person);
she beat me to it elle a été plus rapide que moi;
- (outdo) gen, Sport battre (score);
dépasser (target);
surclasser (product);
it ~s working c'est toujours mieux que de travailler;
you can't ~ Italian shoes rien ne vaut les chaussures italiennes;
our prices are difficult to ~ nos prix sont imbattables;
~ that (if you can) (familier)! qui dit mieux!
- (strike) (person) battre (person, animal, metal, ground, drum);
- intransitive verb (prét beat, pp beaten) (waves, rain) battre ( against contre);
(person) cogner ( at, on à);
(heart, drum, wings) battre.
IDIOMS:
a rod ou stick to ~ sb with une arme contre qn;
if you can't ~ 'em, join 'em (familier) il faut savoir hurler avec les loups.
beat back: if you can't ~ 'em, join 'em (familier) il faut savoir hurler avec les loups.
▶ ~ [sth] back, ~ back [sth] repousser (group, flames).
beat down: ▶ ~ down (rain, hail) tomber à verse ( on sur);
(sun) taper ( on sur);
(sun) taper ( on sur);
▶ ~ [sth] down, ~ down [sth]
beat in: - (flatten) (rain, wind) coucher (crop, grass);
- (break open) (person) enfoncer (door).
▶ ~ [sth] in, ~ in [sth] défoncer (skull).
beat off: ▶ ~ [sb/sth] off, ~ off [sb/sth] repousser (attack, attackers);
chasser (insects).
beat out: chasser (insects).
▶ ~ [sth] out, ~ out [sth] marteler (metal);
rythmer (tune);
battre (rhythm) ( on sur);
étouffer (flames).
beat up: rythmer (tune);
battre (rhythm) ( on sur);
étouffer (flames).
▶ ~ [sb] up, ~ up [sb] tabasser (familier).
'beat' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
badly
- beaten
- beat-up
- blue
- browbeat
- bush
- convincingly
- defeat
- drum
- flog
- flutter
- game
- going-over
- hammer
- hasty
- heart
- hollow
- horse
- keep
- lambast(e)
- lay
- lick
- pound
- proper
- pulp
- pulsate
- pulse
- pump
- push
- rap
- retreat
- rhythmic(al)
- rough
- rush
- savagely
- severely
- soundly
- stiff
- system
- time
- trump
- vacuous
- whip
French:
abattre
- avoir
- battement
- battre
- battue
- béat
- carapater
- carré
- casser
- chamade
- chou
- cogner
- coiffer
- compote
- contretemps
- couture
- démolir
- emporter
- enfoncer
- fouetter
- gueule
- louvoyer
- marmelade
- marquer
- marteler
- mesure
- monter
- palpiter
- plâtre
- poitrine
- pot
- pulsation
- quatre
- rabattre
- retape
- retraite
- rosser
- rouer
- rythme
- sang
- tabac
- tailler
- tomber
- tour
- tuer
- vaincre
beat: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| beat | vtr | (defeat) gagner contre un adversaire | battre⇒ vtr |
| The championship team beat the challengers. | |||
| L'équipe titulaire du championnat a battu les challengers. | |||
| beat | vtr | (strike repeatedly) frapper | battre⇒, tabasser⇒ vtr |
| Note: Tabasser est familier. Il implique une grande violence. | |||
| That man beat my brother and hurt him badly. | |||
| L'homme a tellement battu (or: tabassé) mon frère qu'il l'a gravement blessé. | |||
| beat | n | (rhythm) | rythme nm |
| The dancers moved to the beat of the music. | |||
| Les danseurs suivaient le rythme de la musique. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| beat | adj | (exhausted) familier | crevé, claqué, vanné adj |
| After a long day at work, Keith's father is beat when he comes home. | |||
| Après une longue journée de travail, le père de Keith rentre crevé (or: claqué, or: vanné). | |||
| beat | adj | (beatnik) | beatnik adj |
| Kerouac is the most famous of the Beat poets. | |||
| Kerouac est le plus célèbre des poètes beatniks. | |||
| beat | n | (accented musical notes) musique | temps nm |
| You must remember to play harder on the accented beats. | |||
| New: La valse est une mesure à trois temps. | |||
| beat | n | (stroke, blow) coup | bruit nm |
| The beat of the workers' hammers gave Sue a headache. | |||
| Le bruit des coups de marteau des ouvriers donnait la migraine à Sue. | |||
| beat | n | (heart) cœur | battement nm |
| In her excitement, Fran could feel the beat of her heart. | |||
| Dans son excitation, Fran pouvait sentir les battements de son propre cœur. | |||
| beat | n | (police officer's round) police | ronde nf |
| Officer Smith pounded the beat all day long. | |||
| L'agent Smith faisait sa ronde toute la journée. | |||
| beat | vi | (heart) cœur | battre⇒ vi |
| The doctor listened to see if the man's heart was beating. | |||
| Le docteur vérifia si le cœur de l'homme battait toujours. | |||
| beat | vi | (wings) ailes | battre⇒ vi |
| The eagle's wings did not beat as it glided through the air. | |||
| Les ailes de l'aigle ne battaient pas pendant qu'il planait dans les airs. | |||
| beat | vtr | (arrive before) arriver en tête | battre⇒ vtr |
| I bet we will beat you to the church! We drive much faster. | |||
| New: Je parie que je vais te battre à la course ! Un, deux, trois… partez ! | |||
| beat | vtr | (eggs) œufs | battre⇒ vtr |
| Before you scramble eggs, you have to beat them. | |||
| Il faut battre les œufs avant de les brouiller. | |||
| beat | vtr | (rhythm) musique | battre⇒ vtr |
| The drummer beat the rhythm on the bass drum. | |||
| Le batteur bat la mesure sur la grosse caisse. | |||
| beat | vtr | (wings) aile | battre⇒ vtr |
| A hummingbird beats its wings many times a second. | |||
| Un oiseau-mouche bat des ailes de nombreuses fois par seconde" | |||
| beat | vtr | (path) | se frayer un chemin vpr |
| se frayer un passage vpr | |||
| If you have a good idea, investors will beat a path to your door. | |||
| beat | vtr | (metal) métal | battre⇒ vtr |
| The craftsman beat the piece of metal until it was very thin. | |||
| New: Il faut battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud. | |||
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| beat a dead horse | enfoncer une porte ouverte | ||
| beat a retreat | battre en retraite v | ||
| beat about | tourner autour du pot v | ||
| beat about the bush | v | figurative (avoid getting to the point) | tourner autour du pot vi |
| Let's not beat about the bush; I know exactly what you did. | |||
| Arrête de tourner autour du pot, je sais très bien ce que tu as fait ! | |||
| beat around | tourner autour v | ||
| beat around the bush | v | figurative (fail to speak to the point) | tourner autour du pot loc v |
| Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason! | |||
| Quand tu auras fini de tourner autour du pot, on pourra s'expliquer. | |||
| beat back | vtr | (force to retreat) | repousser⇒ vtr |
| We were able to beat back the flames before they reached the house. | |||
| faire reculer⇒ vtr | |||
| beat down | vi | (sun: shine brightly and hot) fig | taper⇒ vi |
| Vers midi, le soleil commence à taper très fort. | |||
| fig, fam | cogner⇒ vi | ||
| Mets une casquette : ça cogne, dehors ! | |||
| beat down | vi | (rain: pour heavily) | tomber à torrents vi |
| The rain beat down so hard on the apple tree that in the morning half of the apples were on the ground. | |||
| beat down | vtr | (negotiate a lower price from sb) | faire baisser⇒ vtr |
| Ils ont fait baisser le coût du contrat à raison de 25%. | |||
| beat faster | figurative | palpiter v | |
| beat into | insister v | ||
| beat it | interj | slang (go away, leave) | dégage ! interj |
| No, I will not give you any money. Now beat it!. | |||
| Je veux pas te voir ! Dégage ! | |||
| casse-toi ! interj | |||
| beat it | v | slang (leave, go) | dégager⇒ vi |
| beat off | vtr | (force back, repel) | repousser⇒ vtr |
| He managed to beat off intense criticism from both left and right en route to the nomination. | |||
| beat off | vi | slang, vulgar (masturbate) vulg | se branler⇒ v pron |
| He managed to beat off without his roomate hearing. | |||
| beat on | (hit) | taper sur qch v | |
| beat out | vtr | (strike: a rhythm) rythme | marquer⇒ vtr |
| battre⇒ vtr | |||
| Il bat le tempo du doigt tout en chantant. | |||
| beat out | vtr | (outdo; competition) | éliminer⇒ vtr |
| The other team beat us out for the championship. | |||
| fam | sortir (d'un championnat) vtr | ||
| L'équipe du lycée Bartholdi nous a sortis dès la première semaine du tournoi. | |||
| beat sb to death | v | (hit sb repeatedly until they die) | battre à mort vtr |
| The thieves beat the man to death in order to steal his wallet. | |||
| Il l'ont battu à mort pour un regard de travers. | |||
| beat the crap out of sb | v | slang, vulgar (give sb a severe physical beating) fam, vulg | casser la gueule à qqn vtr |
| He threatened to beat the crap out of me if I didn't pay him by the end of the week. | |||
| Si tu touches encore à mes affaires, je te casse la gueule ! | |||
| fam | foutre une raclée à qqn vtr | ||
| pop | tabasser qqn vtr | ||
| fam | réduire qqn en bouillie vtr | ||
| beat the drum | v | figurative (advertise or promote sth) | faire l'apologie loc v |
| The environmental activist goes around the world beating the drum for energy reform. | |||
| Les écologistes font l'apologie des énergies renouvelables. | |||
| beat the drum for | recrutement | retape nf | |
| beat the game | contourner la loi | ||
| beat the s*** out of | offensive! | asséner une sacrée raclée | |
| beat the s*** out of sb | v | slang, vulgar (give sb a severe beating) vulg | foutre une raclée à qqn loc v |
| We got into a fistfight and he beat the shit out of me. | |||
| Ils ont foutu une raclée au chef de la bande rivale. | |||
| vulg | défoncer la gueule de qqn loc v | ||
| Ils ont défoncé la gueule du chef de la bande rivale. | |||
| beat the system | figurative meaning sens figuré | trouver le joint v | |
| beat time | battre la mesure | ||
| beat up | vtr | informal (hit repeatedly, severely) | passer qqn à tabac loc v |
| Ils ont passé à tabac le chef de la bande rivale. | |||
| beat wildly | battre rapidement | battre rapidement nf | |
| beat wildly | état affolé | chamade nf | |
| beat-up | mécanisme, santé | déglingué adj | |
| beat-up car | n | US, slang (automobile in poor condition) fam | tacot nm |
| I love my beat-up car, even though it´s covered in dents and scratches. | |||
| fig, fam | tas de ferraille nm | ||
| Ma voiture, c'est un vrai tas de ferraille, mais elle roule encore. | |||
| ranger's beat | étendue de bois | garderie nf | |
| skip a beat | v | figurative (heart: miss a beat with excitement) | s'arrêter⇒ v pron |
| De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté, titre d'un film de Jacques Audiard. | |||
| tressaillir⇒ vi | |||
| Mon cœur tressaillit en entendant sa voix au téléphone. | |||
| marquer un arrêt vtr | |||
| skip a beat | v | literal (rhythm: miss a beat) | sauter un temps vtr |
| Après que le batteur a sauté un temps, tout l'orchestre s'est retrouvé décalé. | |||
| to beat sb to a pulp | v | figurative (give sb a severe physical beating) fig | réduire qqn en bouillie vtr |
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A beat of time passed, the phone went dead in his ear.
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