| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| answer the door | v | (open front door to a caller) | aller ouvrir (la porte) loc v |
| When the sales lady rang the bell, I didn't answer the door. |
| Je crois qu'on a sonné, tu veux bien aller ouvrir ? |
| at death's door | adv | (very ill, about to die) | à l'article de la mort adv |
| at your door | | | à votre porte |
| back door | n | (door at the rear of a building) | porte de derrière nf |
| In this house the back door opens directly into the kitchen. |
| J'aimerais mieux que tu passes par la porte de derrière quand tu viens dans la journée. |
| | | porte de service nf |
| back door | n | figurative (illegitimate means to acquire a job, position) | petite porte nf |
| Carrière exemplaire dans l'immobilier : entré par la petite porte et monté en grade par la promotion canapé, puis mis au placard avant de passer à la trappe et de finir aux oubliettes. |
| back door | n | (undocumented access to computer) informatique | porte dérobée nf |
| back-door | | | porte arrière nf |
| barn door | n | (door of a farm building) | porte de la grange nf |
| Buying an alarm system after you've been burgled is a lot like closing the barn door after the horses are out. |
| cabin door | n | (entrance or exit in an aeroplane) | porte de la cabine nf |
| carriage door | | | porte cochère nf |
| cellar door | n | (door leading into basement) | porte de la cave nf |
| Be careful going through the cellar door because the stairs are very steep. |
| He went to get another bottle of wine and walked straight into the cellar door. |
| | | porte d'accès à la cave nf |
| church door | | | porte d'église nf |
| church-door | | | porte d'église nf |
| close the door on | vtr | figurative (rule out, exclude) | écarter⇒ vtr |
| The politician's latest comments, unfortunately, closed the door on a peace agreement between the two countries. |
| Nous avons déjà écarté cette hypothèse. |
| | | fermer la porte à vtr |
| Les derniers commentaires du président ont malheureusement fermé la porte aux négociations. |
| close the door on | vtr | literal (on sb: shut door to exclude) | fermer la porte au nez de qqn vtr |
| Ils m'ont fermé la porte au nez et ont fait la fête sans moi. |
| closed-door | | | à huis clos adj |
| door chain | n | (metal security device for a door) | chaîne de porte nf |
| Don't depend on a door chain as your only lock. |
| door check | | | ferme-porte nm |
| door check | | | tirant de porte nm |
| door closer | | | ferme-porte nm |
| door closer | | | tirant de porte nm |
| door frame | n | (structure surrounding a door) | encadrement (d'une porte) nm |
| If you slam the door, you will damage the door frame. |
| | | chambranle (d'une porte) nm |
| door furniture | | | fiche nf |
| door gasket | n | (seal on the door of an appliance) | joint de porte nm |
| If you can pull a dollar bill out through the refrigerator door gasket, it's time to replace the gasket. |
| door handle | n | (fixture or knob for opening a door) | poignée de porte nf |
| Don't kick the door open - use the door handle! |
| | régional, Belgique | clenche, clinche nf |
| | régional, Normandie | clenche nf |
| door hanger | | | affichette de porte nf |
| door hinge | n | (joint that attaches door frame and door) | gond nm |
| The door squeaks when it's opened; you need to oil the door hinge. |
| | | charnière nf |
| door jamb | | (assise) un piédroit (architecture) | jambage nm |
| door key | n | (key to the door of a building) | clé de porte, clé de la porte nf |
| Note: It is very rare that someone would say "door key" unless to specify that it is for a door as opposed to some other sort of lock, such as, this is the door key, this is the car key, etc. |
| In modern hotels the door key is a plastic card. |
| Dans les hôtels modernes, les clés de porte ont été remplacées par des cartes magnétiques. |
| door knocker | n | (metal fixture for knocking at a door) | heurtoir nm |
| The door knocker on Jane's house is in the shape of a schnauzer and you lift its snout to knock on the door. |
| door latch | | | loquet de porte nm |
| door lock | n | (metal fixture for securing a door shut) | serrure (de porte), serrure de la porte nf |
| After the thief broke in, I had a hard time replacing the door lock. |
| door opener | | | ouvre-porte nm |
| door operator | n | (automatic door-opening mechanism ) | ouvre-porte (électrique, motorisé) nm |
| door panel | | | vantail nm |
| door prize | | | prix de présence nm |
| door switch | | | interrupteur de porte nm |
| door switch | | | poussoir de porte nm |
| door to door, door-to-door | adv | (selling: from one door to another) | au porte-à-porte, en porte-à-porte adv |
| Note: hyphen used when term is adj before a noun |
| I got my start in sales selling vacuum cleaners door to door. |
| J'ai commencé ma carrière en vendant des aspirateurs en porte-à-porte. |
| door to door, door-to-door | adj | (sales: from one door to another) | en porte-à-porte adj |
| I started my sales career as a door-to-door insurance salesman. |
| | | qui fait du porte à porte adj |
| door to door, door-to-door | adj | (shipping: all-inclusive service) | tout compris adv |
| Are those shipping costs door-to-door or port-to-port? |
| door-frame | | cadre de porte | embrasure nf |
| door-keeper | | concierge | cloporte nm |
| door-to-door | | | porte à porte adj |
| door-to-door | | | porte-à-porte nm inv |
| door-to-door canvasser | | homme politique | démarcheur nm |
| door-to-door sales | npl | (attempt to sell sth by knocking on doors) | porte-à-porte nm inv |
| | | faire du porte-à-porte v |
| | | démarchage de porte à porte nm |
| door-to-door salesman | n | (sb who sells sth by knocking on doors) | démarcheur à domicile nm |
| James is a door-to-door vacuum salesman. |
| door-to-door selling | | | démarchage nm |
| fire door | n | (fire-resistant inner door) | porte coupe-feu nf |
| The employees were told off for wedging the fire doors open in the hot weather. |
| De nombreux bâtiments publics et immeubles résidentiels sont équipés de portes coupe-feu. |
| four-door | | (vehicle) automobile | quatre portes adj |
| French door | n | (door with floor-length window) | porte vitrée nf |
| The French doors bring a lot of light into the room. |
| Des portes vitrées séparent le salon de la salle à manger. Le cambrioleur s'est introduit par la porte vitrée de la terrasse. |
| | | porte-fenêtre nf |
| Les portes-fenêtres donnent sur l'extérieur d'une maison. |
| from door to door | | | de porte en porte |
| front door | n | (entrance door at the front of a house) | porte d'entrée nf |
| My family usually goes in and out of the house by the kitchen door, but we prefer that guests use the front door. |
| Normalement, nous utilisons la porte de la cuisine, mais nous faisons entrer les invités par le porte d'entrée. |
| | | porte de devant nf |
| garage door | n | (door of place where vehicle is kept) | porte de garage nf |
| My house is the one with the brown garage door. |
| La porte de garage s'est refermée trop vite et a abimé sa voiture. |
| girl next door | | | la fille d'à côté, la voisine |
| hall-door | | | porte d'entrée nf |
| have a wolf at the door | | | être dans le besoin |
| inner door | | double porte | contre-porte nf |
| just next door | | | la porte juste à coté |
| keep the door open | | | laisser la porte ouverte v |
| landing door | | | porte palière nf |
| leave the door open | | | laisser la porte ouverte v |
| leave the door open for | vtr | figurative (allow for the possibility of) | laisser la porte ouverte à vtr |
| When the reigning gold medalist fell, she left the door open for her competitors. |
| listen at the door | vi | (eavesdrop) | écouter aux portes vtr |
| You will hear what they say if you quietly listen at the door. |
| Tu peux entendre ce qu'ils disent si tu écoutes discrètement aux portes. |
| lock the door | v | (close and secure the door with a key) | verrouiller la porte vtr |
| I always set the burglar alarm and lock the door when I go out. |
| Don't forget to lock the door behind you when you leave. |
| Dans ce quartier, il ne faut pas oublier de verrouiller sa porte quand on sort. |
| | | fermer la porte à clé vtr |
| N'oublie de bien fermer la porte à clé avant de partir. |
| next door | adv | (in the next house along) | d'à côté adj |
| I like my next-door neighbors. |
| La voisine d'à côté nous a invité à dîner vendredi. |
| next door | n | informal (one's next-door neighbours) courant | voisins d'à côté nmpl |
| I see that next door have visitors over the holidays. |
| Tiens, les voisins d'à côté ont de la visite. |
| | fam | à côté, ils, elles loc |
| J'ai vu qu'à côté, ils ont de la visite. |
| next-door | | | appartement d'à côté nm |
| next-door | | | maison d'à côté n |
| next-door neighbor, UK: next-door neighbour | n | US (sb living in next house or apartment) | voisin nm |
| My next-door neighbor is always waking me up with his loud music. |
| If my next-door neighbor doesn't shut up his dogs, I'm going to sue him. |
| | appartement | voisin de palier nm |
| Mon voisin de palier me casse les oreilles avec sa musique de bon matin. |
| open door, open-door | n | (policy of inclusion) | porte ouverte nf |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| My boss has an open-door policy -- he wants his employees to feel comfortable talking to him any time. |
| | | politique de la porte ouverte nf |
| Mon patron pratique la politique de la porte ouverte. |
| open the door to | | | ouvrir la porte à |
| open-door | | | de la porte ouverte adj |
| open-door policy | | | politique de la porte ouverte |
| overhead door | | | porte basculante nf |
| revolving door | | | tambour (de porte) nm |
| revolving door | | | tourniquet nm |
| revolving door | | | training nm |
| screen door | | | porte avec moustiquaire |
| show sb the door | | | faire sortir qqn, mettre à la porte v |
| shut the door | v | figurative (put up a barrier) fig | fermer la porte vtr |
| He failed his entrance exam which has shut the door on him becoming a lawyer. |
| sliding door | n | (door which opens on a runner) | porte coulissante nf |
| sliding glass door panel | | | vasistas nm |
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