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beginning noun début m, commencement m;
in or at the ~ au départ, au début;
to go back to the ~ reprendre au début.

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'beginning' found in these entries:

English:

beautiful - excuse - her - his - its - my - near - old - right - start - tell - that - this - very

French:

commencement - commencer - début - entrée - être - heure - installer - marquer - monde - monter - moutarde - reprendre - sentir - tête

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Principal Translations/Principales traductions
beginning	n	(time when sthg starts)	début nm
He was careful from the beginning.
Il faisait attention depuis le début.
beginning	n	(first part of sthg)	début nm
Stripping the old wallpaper was just a beginning of the redecoration.
Enlever le vieux papier peint n'était que le début des travaux de décoration.
beginning	v pres p	(present participle of begin)	traduction non disponible
It was beginning to rain.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
beginning	n	(act of entering)	début nm
			commencement nm
It was the beginning of my career.
C'était le début de ma carrière.
C'était le commencement de ma carrière.
beginning	n	(source, origin)	source nf
The Danube has its beginning in the small streams of the Black Forest.
Le Danube prend sa source dans les petits ruisseaux de la Forêt Noire.
beginning	n	(emergence)	commencement, début nm
Florence in Italy saw the beginning of the Renaissance.
Florence, en Italie, a vu le commencement (or: le début) de la Renaissance.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
beginning and end		n	le début et la fin
beginning of the end			début de la fin
from beginning to end			du début/commencement à la fin
from the beginning			depuis le début
from the beginning			dès le départ
in the beginning			au début
new beginning			nouveau commencement
very beginning			le tout début
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