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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
before /bɪˈfɔː(r)/
- preposition
- (earlier than) avant;
the day ~ yesterday avant-hier;
the day ~ the exam la veille de l'examen;
I was there the week ~ last j'y étais il y a deux semaines;
six weeks ~ then six semaines avant or auparavant;
~ long it will be winter ce sera bientôt l'hiver;
not ~ time! ce n'est pas trop tôt!;
- (in order, sequence) avant;
G comes ~ H in the alphabet dans l'alphabet le G est avant le H;
the page ~ this one la page précédente;
- (in importance, priority) avant;
for him, work comes ~ everything else pour lui le travail passe avant tout;
- (this side of) avant;
turn left ~ the crossroads tournez à gauche avant le carrefour;
- ➡ clocktime US (in time expressions) ten ~ six six heures moins dix;
- (in front of) devant;
she appeared ~ them elle est apparue devant eux;
~ our very eyes sous nos propres yeux;
to appear ~ a court comparaître devant un tribunal;
to bring a bill ~ parliament présenter un projet de loi au parlement;
- (confronting) face à;
these are the alternatives ~ us voici les choix qui s'offrent à nous;
the task ~ us la tâche qui nous attend.
- (earlier than) avant;
- adjective précédent;
the day ~ la veille;
the week/year ~ la semaine/l'année précédente.
- adverb (at an earlier time) avant;
long ~ bien avant;
two months ~ deux mois auparavant;
have you been to India ~? est-ce que tu es déjà allé en Inde?;
I've never been there ~ je n'y suis jamais allé;
I've never seen him ~ in my life c'est la première fois que je le vois.
- conjunction
- (in time) ~ I go, I would like to say that avant de partir, je voudrais dire que;
~ he goes, I must remind him that avant qu'il parte, il faut que je lui rappelle que;
it was some time ~ she was able to walk again il lui a fallu un certain temps pour pouvoir marcher de nouveau;
oh, ~ I forget‥ avant que j'oublie‥;
- (rather than) plutôt que;
he would die ~ betraying that secret il mourrait plutôt que de révéler ce secret;
- (or else) get out of here ~ I call the police! sortez d'ici ou j'appelle la police!;
- (as necessary condition) pour que (+ subj);
you have to show your ticket ~ they'll let you in il faut que tu montres ton ticket pour qu'ils te laissent entrer.
- (in time) ~ I go, I would like to say that avant de partir, je voudrais dire que;
IDIOMS:
~ you could say Jack Robinson en moins de deux (familier);
~ you know where you are‥ on n'a pas le temps de dire ouf que‥
~ you know where you are‥ on n'a pas le temps de dire ouf que‥
'before' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
absolute
- all
- another
- appear
- appearance
- apprentice
- as
- back
- bad
- bare
- basic
- BC
- beastly
- beautiful
- beauty
- before tax
- best
- big
- blaze
- blessed
- bogus
- bona fide
- bow
- boy
- brave
- bride
- bride
- bring
- broad
- broken
- brute
- by
- calm
- carry
- cart
- certain
- change
- cheap
- chicken
- clear
- coarse
- come
- coming
- complete
- dangle
- dark
- darn
- dawn
- day
French:
âge
- appréhender
- arriver
- assignation
- auparavant
- autre
- autrefois
- avant
- avant-hier
- avant-veille
- avoir
- balayer
- battre
- beau
- calme
- ce
- certain
- chanson
- charrue
- chose
- combien
- comment
- comparaître
- comparution
- confiture
- connaître
- course
- création
- damné
- davantage
- de
- défiler
- déjà
- déjà-vu
- départ
- dernier
- devancer
- devant
- différé
- dix
- encore
- engager
- être
- falloir
- fichu
- fou
- foutu
- franc
- fuite
- gens
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| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| before | conj | (previously) même sujet pour les deux verbes | avant de prép |
| deux sujets différents pour les deux verbes | avant que conj | ||
| avec un substantif | avant prép | ||
| He could drive a car before he learned how to ride a bike. | |||
| Il savait conduire avant de savoir faire du vélo. | |||
| * Je suis partie avant que les embouteillages ne commencent. | |||
| * Je suis partie avant le début des embouteillages. | |||
| before | conj | (sooner than) | avant de prép |
| Come and say goodbye before you go. | |||
| Viens dire au revoir avant de partir. | |||
| before | adv | (earlier, sooner) | précédent adv |
| le jour précédent | veille nf | ||
| She arrived yesterday, but her parents arrived the day before. | |||
| Elle est arrivée hier, mais ses parents sont arrivés le jour précédent (or: d'avant). | |||
| * La veille de mon voyage, je me suis cassé la jambe. | |||
| before | adv | (in the past) | déjà adv |
| Have you been here before? | |||
| Es-tu déjà allé là-bas ? | |||
| before | prep | (earlier than) | avant prép |
| You should finish your homework before dinner. | |||
| Tu devrais terminer tes devoirs avant le dîner. | |||
| before | prep | (preceding in order) | avant prép |
| The letter 'b' comes before the letter 'c'. | |||
| La lettre "b" vient avant la lettre "c". | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| before | adv | (ahead, in front) | devant adv |
| You go before and I'll follow. | |||
| Pars devant et je suivrai. | |||
| before | conj | (rather than) | plutôt que adv |
| I would die before I would criticize her. | |||
| Je préfèrerais mourir plutôt que de la critiquer. | |||
| before | prep | (in front of) | devant prép |
| He stood before the crowd and raised his arms. | |||
| Il se tint devant la foule et leva les bras. | |||
| before | prep | (awaiting, in future) | devant prép |
| She has her whole career before her. | |||
| Elle a toute sa carrière devant elle. | |||
| before | prep | (rather than) | plutôt que adv |
| Personally, I'd eat pizza before caviar or truffles. | |||
| Personnellement, je préfère manger de la pizza plutôt que du caviar ou des truffes. | |||
| before | prep | (preceding in rank) | avant prép |
| Aces come before kings in this game. | |||
| Les as viennent avant les rois dans ce jeu. | |||
| before | prep | (in sight of) | devant prép |
| The queen asked that the duke to be brought before her. | |||
| La reine a demandé à ce que le duc soit amené devant elle. | |||
| before | prep | (in the jurisdiction of) | devant prép |
| His case was brought before the International Court of Justice. | |||
| Son cas a été présenté devant la Cour Internationale de Justice. | |||
| before | prep | (in the face of) | devant prép |
| He always backs out before a difficult task. | |||
| Il recule toujours devant une tâche difficile. | |||
| before | prep | (in regard of) | devant prép |
| Before God I declare that I will always tell the truth. | |||
| Devant Dieu je déclare que je dirai toujours la vérité. | |||
| before | prep | (without considering) | avant prép |
| Their earnings before tax have doubled this year. | |||
| Leurs profits avant taxes ont doublé cette année. | |||
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| be before | être devant adj | ||
| before all | devant tous | ||
| before an audience | adv | (in front of people) | en public expr |
| I hate speaking before an audience; I get stage fright and stammer over my words. | |||
| before Christmas | avant Noël | ||
| before everything | avant tout | ||
| before going | avant le départ | ||
| before her time | avant la lettre adj | ||
| before his eyes | adv | (in front of him) | sous ses yeux loc adv |
| His father was murdered right before his eyes. | |||
| Son père a été assassiné sous ses yeux. | |||
| before its time | avant son temps | ||
| before long | adv | (soon) | sous peu loc adv |
| Spring should be coming before long. | |||
| Le printemps devrait arriver sous peu. | |||
| d'ici peu loc adv | |||
| Le printemps devrait être là d'ici peu. | |||
| before noon | adv | (in advance of midday) | avant midi loc adv |
| I'll take my walk before noon so I'll be home in time for lunch. | |||
| I hope you can arrive before noon. | |||
| J'espère arriver avant midi. | |||
| avant la mi-journée loc adv | |||
| Ils devraient arriver avant la mi-journée. | |||
| before now | adv | (previously) | jusqu'à présent loc adv |
| Before now, I've never really been in love! | |||
| Jusqu'à présent, je n'avais jamais été vraiment amoureux. | |||
| jusqu'à ce jour loc adv | |||
| avant aujourd'hui loc adv | |||
| Je n'avais jamais réalisé que tu étais totalement idiot avant aujourd'hui. | |||
| before one | devant un | ||
| before sb's very eyes | sous les yeux de qqn phrase | ||
| before tax | avant impôt adv | ||
| before that | adv | (prior to a given occasion) | auparavant adv |
| I started wearing glasses a couple of years ago; before that I wore contact lenses for 40 years. | |||
| avant cela adv | |||
| courant | avant adv | ||
| Il porte des lentilles depuis deux ans ; avant, il portait des grosses lunettes. | |||
| before the bar | devant le barreau | ||
| before the civil war | d'avant la guerre de Sécession | ||
| before the court | adv | (in front of a tribunal) | au tribunal adv |
| I'm going to testify before the court on Wednesday. | |||
| Au tribunal, il faudra bien que vous prêtiez serment... | |||
| devant le juge adv | |||
| before the departure | avant le départ | ||
| before the fact | avant le fait | ||
| before the Fall | avant la Chute nf | ||
| before the Flood | adv | figurative (very long ago) expr | il y a belle lurette adv |
| before the judge | adv | (in court) | devant le juge loc adv |
| au tribunal loc adv | |||
| before the war | avant la guerre | ||
| before you know it | adv | informal (very rapidly, very soon) | en moins de temps qu'il ne faut pour le dire adv |
| Christmas will be here before you know it. | |||
| (bien) plus vite que ce que tu penses | |||
| before your eyes | devant vos yeux | ||
| before your time | adv | (before your birth or involvement with sth) | avant ta naissance loc adv |
| I remember the day President Kennedy was shot -- but that's before your time. | |||
| Je me souviens du temps où ton père me parlait gentiment. Mais c'était avant ta naissance... | |||
| before-mentioned | ci-dessus adj | ||
| before-said | ci-dessus adj | ||
| before-thought | pressentiment nm | ||
| best before | prep | (warning on food packaging) | à consommer de préférence avant loc prép |
| Milk is best before the expiration date. | |||
| Blood before water | expr | figurative (Family relationships are the strongest) | la famille avant tout expr |
| bow down before | vtr | literal (bow in extreme deference to) | s'incliner devant v pron |
| It is customary to bow down before the Emperor of Japan. | |||
| faire la révérence vtr | |||
| bow down before | vtr | figurative (show deference to) | s'incliner devant v pron |
| He is so arrogant, the thinks everyone should bow down before him. | |||
| fig, fam | s'écraser⇒ v pron | ||
| Il est si arrogant qu'il pense que tout le monde doit s'écraser devant lui. | |||
| fig, fam | faire des courbettes devant vtr | ||
| S'il croit que je vais m'amuser à faire des courbettes devant lui, il peut toujours rêver. | |||
| bring a defendant before the courts | déférer qqn à la justice | ||
| bring before | vtr | (take: to court) | assigner qqn en justice vtr |
| The Senator was brought before the High Court on charges of racketeering. | |||
| traduire qqn en justice loc v | |||
| fam | traîner qqn en justice vtr | ||
| calm before the storm | n | figurative (quiet period that precedes sth turbulent) fig | calme avant la tempête nm |
| Mary's much too quiet. I fear it's the calm before the storm. | |||
| fig | calme qui précède la tempête nm | ||
| cast pearls before swine | donner de la confiture aux cochons v | ||
| come before | vtr | (precede) | précéder⇒ vtr |
| The number 2 comes before 3, and 4 comes before 5. | |||
| Mon anniversaire précède le tien. | |||
| date, fam | tomber avant vi | ||
| La fête des mères tombe avant la fête des pères. | |||
| come before | vtr | (be a higher priority than) | passer avant v |
| Mon chat passe avant les enfants. | |||
| come before | vtr | (be considered by, present in court) | comparaître devant vi + prép |
| day before | n | (previous day) | veille nf |
| Ils ont commencé à faire leurs cartons la veille du déménagement. | |||
| don't count your chickens before they have hatched | (proverb) proverbe | il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué | |
| ever before | adv | (at any point previously) | jamais adv |
| Women are choosing to stay single more than ever before. | |||
| Plus que jamais, ces pauvres gens ont besoin d'aide. | |||
| go before | vi | (precede) | passer avant, passer devant v |
| The travel guides go before the tourist group. | |||
| La galanterie encourage l'homme à faire passer la femme avant lui (or: devant lui). | |||
| go before the bar | vi | (law: appear for judgment) | comparaître⇒ vi |
| The prosecutor in the Smith case will go before the bar on ethics charges. | |||
| just before | prep | (a moment prior to) | juste avant adv |
| I like to have a hot bath just before I go to bed. | |||
| J'aime prendre un bain juste avant de me coucher. | |||
| kneel before sb | v | (genuflect) | s'agenouiller devant qqn v pron |
| Note: Here, "before" means "in the presence of", not "preceeding". | |||
| You must kneel before the king. | |||
| Vous devez vous agenouiller devant le roi. | |||
| se mettre à genoux devant qqn v pron | |||
| leg before | obstruction nf | ||
| look before you leap | interj | proverb (be aware of the risks involved in sth) fig | regarder où on met les pieds expr |
| You need to look before you leap before investing in a new business. | |||
| Regarde où tu mets les pieds avant de t'engager. | |||
| never before seen | jamais vu adj | ||
| never before seen | jamais vu nm | ||
| once before | adv | (on one previous occasion) | une fois auparavant adv |
| put the cart before the horse | v | figurative (act prematurely) expr | mettre la charrue avant les bœufs loc v |
| Sara insisted that having sex before marriage was like putting the cart before the horse. | |||
| right before | prep | (just prior to) | juste avant adv + prép |
| I'll see you right before the big meeting. | |||
| Elle a vérifié son maquillage et sa coiffure juste avant de sortir. | |||
| set before | vtr | figurative (present to) | présenter⇒ vtr |
| Nous avons présenté la collection aux clients. | |||
| exposer⇒ vtr | |||
| set before | vtr | literal (place in front of) | placer devant, face à vtr |
| At about 3 months, a baby begins to focus its eyes on objects set before him. | |||
| disposer devant, face à vtr | |||
| shortly before | un peu avant adv | ||
| summons somebody to appear before the court | assigner quelqu'un en justice | ||
| the day before | n | (a day earlier, the previous day) | veille nf |
| the day before | adv | (a day earlier, on the previous day) | la veille loc adv |
| La veille, il s'était couché tard. | |||
| the day before yesterday | n | (two days ago) | avant-hier nm |
| the night before | n | (previous night or evening) | la veille nf |
| the night before | adv | (on the previous night or evening) | la veille au soir nf |
| la nuit précédente nf | |||
| two days before | prep | (two days prior to) | deux jours avant loc prép |
| Unfortunately, the hurricane struck two days before their wedding. | |||
| Ils ont rompu leurs fiançailles deux jours avant la date prévue pour le mariage. | |||
| two days before | adv | (two days earlier) | deux jours plus tôt adv |
| I got there two days before you did. | |||
| Ils ne voulaient pas dévoiler le lieu de la fête et n'ont donné l'adresse exacte que deux jours plus tôt. | |||
| deux jours auparavant adv | |||
| Les festivités débutèrent le samedi mais certains invités étaient arrivés deux jours auparavant. | |||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "before".
... should not be praised before the end of the day
....before the students understand
'the day before yesterday / the day after tomorrow
"...before being returned to the George Washington Museum..."
"(it was a long time before) she could get herself attended to."
"Before I count to five..."
"Before" or "in front of"
"don't knock it before you try it"
"I felt freer than ever before"
"I have never been skiing before"
"I must have been twelve years old before I got that one down pat.
"Life Flashed Before My Eyes"
"She sees her life flashing before her"
20 days left before our..
5 mins earlier / before
7 days left before I turn 16
a and de before etre and avoir
a date before which
a hundred thousand pound or a hundred and fifty thousand to put before the public
A political force...would sweep all before it
A Shade Thinner Than Before
a year before they learn
Abbreviation "Me" before name of attorney
Adjectives before or after the noun
age before beauty
Ago / before
Alarm's gone off before, but the smoke was always gray.
All my life I see before me.
All orders must be placed before....
Although I have been there before
Suite...
....before the students understand
'the day before yesterday / the day after tomorrow
"...before being returned to the George Washington Museum..."
"(it was a long time before) she could get herself attended to."
"Before I count to five..."
"Before" or "in front of"
"don't knock it before you try it"
"I felt freer than ever before"
"I have never been skiing before"
"I must have been twelve years old before I got that one down pat.
"Life Flashed Before My Eyes"
"She sees her life flashing before her"
20 days left before our..
5 mins earlier / before
7 days left before I turn 16
a and de before etre and avoir
a date before which
a hundred thousand pound or a hundred and fifty thousand to put before the public
A political force...would sweep all before it
A Shade Thinner Than Before
a year before they learn
Abbreviation "Me" before name of attorney
Adjectives before or after the noun
age before beauty
Ago / before
Alarm's gone off before, but the smoke was always gray.
All my life I see before me.
All orders must be placed before....
Although I have been there before
Suite...
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