| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| free | adj | (gratis, no charge) | gratuit adj |
| | populaire | gratis adj inv |
| I paid for the coat, but the hat was free. |
| J'ai payé le manteau, mais le chapeau était gratuit. |
| free | adj | (not restrained physically) | libre adj |
| The prisoner was free at last. |
| Le prisonnier était enfin libre. |
| free | adj | (at liberty) avoir la liberté de | libre adj |
| | | autorisé, habilité adj |
| I'm not free to give you that information. |
| Je ne suis pas libre de vous donner cette information. |
| Je ne suis pas autorisé (or: habilité) à vous donner cette information. |
| free | adj | (seat: unoccupied) | libre, disponible adj |
| Excuse me, is this seat free? |
| Excusez-moi, ce siège est-il libre (or: disponible) ? |
| free | vtr | (give liberty) rendre la liberté | libérer⇒, affranchir⇒ vtr |
| Slaves were freed in 1865 in the USA. |
| Aux États-Unis, les esclaves ont été libérés (or: affranchis) en 1865. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| free | adj | (not literal) non littéral | libre adj |
| The newspaper gave a free interpretation of events. |
| Le journal a donné une interprétation libre des événements. |
| free | adj | (politically independent) | indépendant, libre adj |
| The former colony became free last year. |
| L'ancienne colonie est devenue indépendante (or: libre) l'an dernier. |
| free | adj | (to speak) | libre adj |
| The citizens were not free to criticize the government. |
| Les citoyens n'étaient pas libres de critiquer le gouvernement. |
| free | adj | (view: unobstructed) vue : sans obstacle | imprenable adj |
| We have a free view of the stage from here. |
| D'ici, nous avons une vue imprenable de la scène. |
| free | adj | (unfettered) sans restrictions | libre adj |
| After the divorce, he was given free access to his children. |
| Après le divorce, il a obtenu libre accès à ses enfants. |
| free | adj | (exempt) exempt | libéré adj |
| Your life will be free from stress. |
| Your life will be free of stress. |
| Votre femme sera libérée du stress. |
| free | adj | (chemistry: uncombined) chimie | libre adj |
| Substances conduct because of free electrons. |
| Les substances conduisent l'électricité à cause des électrons libres. |
| free | adj | (loose) pas serré | ample adj |
| I prefer clothes that are free and light. |
| Je préfère les vêtements qui sont amples et légers. |
| free | adj | (unrestrained) | libre adj |
| | | à l'aise adj inv |
| Feel free to ask questions. |
| Vous devez vous sentir libres de poser des questions. |
| Vous devez vous sentir à l'aise de poser des questions. |
| free | adj | (frank) | franc, honnête adj |
| If I can be free with you, I'll tell you what's wrong. |
| Si je peux être franc (or: honnête) avec vous, je vais vous dire ce qui ne va pas. |
| free | adj | (lavish) | généreux, prodigue adj |
| He was very free with his advice. |
| Il était très généreux (or: prodigue) de ses conseils. |
| free | adj | (gift) cadeau | gratuit adj |
| For you, there's no charge - it's free! |
| Pour vous, ça ne coûte rien - c'est gratuit ! |
| free | adv | (freely) | librement adv |
| I love to run free along the beach. |
| J'adore courir librement le long de la plage. |
| free | adv | (gratis) populaire | gratis adv |
| I got this book free. |
| J'ai eu ce livre gratis. |
| free | vtr | (exempt) | libérer⇒, exempter⇒ vtr |
| | | éviter⇒ vtr |
| His hearing problem freed him from military service. |
| Son problème d'audition l'a libéré (or: exempté) du service militaire. |
| Son problème d'audition lui a évité le service militaire. |
| free | vtr | (relieve of) | libérer⇒ vtr |
| | | épargner⇒ vtr |
| Buying online will free you of the need to go to the shops. |
| Les achats en ligne vont vous libérer du besoin d'aller dans les magasins. |
| Les achats en ligne vont vous épargner le besoin d'aller dans les magasins. |
| free | vtr | (disengage) | libérer⇒, dégager⇒ vtr |
| | | décrocher⇒ vtr |
| He couldn't free the fishing line from the weeds. |
| Il n'arrivait pas à libérer (or: dégager) sa canne à pêche des mauvaises herbes. |
| Il n'arrivait pas à décrocher sa canne à pêche des mauvaises herbes. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| alcohol-free | adj | | sans alcool loc adj |
| alcohol-free beer | n | (beer containing no alcohol) | bière sans alcool nf |
| Bob drinks alcohol-free beer when he is the designated driver. |
| ash-free | | adj | sans cendre phrase |
| be a free agent | | | être libre de ses mouvements |
| be free | | | être gratuit |
| be free | | | être libre |
| break free | v | (escape) | s'évader⇒ v pron |
| The two convicts were finally able to break free from the chain gang. |
| Ils ont pu s'évader du bagne. |
| | | s'échapper⇒, s'enfuir⇒ v pron |
| caffeine-free | | | décaféiné adj |
| carriage free | | | franco de port adj |
| color-free | | US | incolore adj |
| color-free | | adj | sans couleur phrase |
| commission free | adv | (without a share of the money being taken) | net de frais adj |
| Many companies offer employees the opportunity to buy company stock on a commission free basis. |
| copyright free | | | libre de droit adj |
| dairy free, dairy-free | adj | (containing no milk products) | sans produits laitiers adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| delivered free | | | livraison gratuite |
| dirt-free | | | propre adj |
| drug-free | | (sans drogue) sans drogue | sain adj |
| duty free, duty-free | adj | (exempt from customs tax) | détaxé adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Airports are a great place to do some duty-free shopping. |
| duty-free | | dispensé de | exempt de taxes adj |
| duty-free | | | hors taxe adv |
| duty-free goods | npl | (merchandise free of customs tax) | marchandises détaxées nfpl |
| Duty-free goods can be purchased only by those who are over 18 years of age. |
| | | marchandises hors taxe nfpl |
| duty-free shop | n | (store selling goods free of customs tax) | magasin duty-free nm |
| You must show your boarding pass at the checkout counter of the duty-free shop. |
| J'ai acheté des grosses barres de chocolat au magasin duty-free sur le ferry. |
| | | duty-free nm |
| Le duty-free se trouve juste à côté de la cafétéria. |
| | | boutique hors taxe n nf |
| Cet aéroport a de nombreuses boutiques hors taxe. |
| | | magasin hors taxe nm |
| Cet aéroport a de nombreuses boutiques hors taxe. |
| fat free, fat-free | adj | (food: not containing fat) | à 0% (de matière grasse) loc adj |
| I always buy fat free cheese because it's healthier. |
| J'achète toujours des yaourts à 0%. |
| | lait | écrémé adj |
| fat-free, fat free | adj | (food: containing no fats) | 0 %, à 0 % loc adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is before a noun |
| I bought some fat-free yogurt, but it does not taste as good as the real thing! |
| It is a mistake to think that fat-free food is free of calories. |
| Il n'y a pas à dire, le yaourt 0 % ne vaut pas un vrai yaourt. |
| | lait | écrémé adj |
| feel free | interj | informal (please do, go ahead) | n'hésite pas, n'hésitez pas interj |
| Please feel free to call if you need any help. |
| Feel free to borrow my books anytime. |
| N'hésite pas à m'appeler si tu as besoin d'aide pour le déménagement. |
| fire-free | | adj | sans feu phrase |
| for free | adv | (free of charge, without paying) | gratuitement adv |
| J'ai obtenu gratuitement deux entrées pour l'exposition. |
| | fam | gratos adv |
| Regarde le porte-monnaie que j'ai eu gratos en achetant mon sac à main ! |
| | soutenu | à titre gracieux loc adv |
| Nous avons le plaisir de vous remettre cette bouteille de champagne, à titre gracieux. |
| fragrance free, fragrance-free | adj | (unscented) | sans parfum adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adjective before a noun |
| Cette crème de soin est sans parfum. |
| free admission | n | (no cost to enter) | entrée libre nf |
| Tickets cost $20, except on Tuesdays, when the museum offers free admission. |
| | | entrée gratuite nf |
| free agent | n | (sb independent) fig | électron libre nm |
| | fig | cavalier seul nm |
| free agent | n | (sports: player not bound by contract) | joueur (pilote, coureur, cycliste, etc.) sans contrat nm |
| His contract with the Yankees has expired so now he is a free agent, hoping another team will pick him up. |
| free alongside ship | | (Commerce) Commerce | franco de port |
| free and easy | | | décontracté adj |
| free as a bird | adj | informal (free, independent) | libre comme l'air adj |
| When this school year is over, I'll be free as a bird. |
| free association | n | (spontaneous response to words) | association d'idées nf |
| Let's do free association: I'll say a word, and you say the first word that comes to mind. |
| | Psychol | libre association d'idées, association libre nf |
| free association | n | (right to associate with anyone) | liberté d'association nf |
| You can't tell me who to see and who not to see, we have the right to free association in this country. |
| free atmosphere | | | atmosphère libre |
| free balloon | | | aérostat nm |
| free choice | n | (unrestricted options) | libre choix nm |
| You have the power to control your own life by exercising your own free choices. |
| free choice | n | (sth chosen freely) | choix librement consenti nm |
| free citizen | n | (sb whose freedoms are not restricted) | citoyen nm |
| free city | | | cité libre nf |
| free climbing | | | escalade nf |
| free clinic | n | (centre offering free medical treatment) | dispensaire nm |
| This free clinic was founded in the '60s and still gives free health care to the uninsured. |
| free competition | n | (no restrictions on trading for profit) | libre concurrence nf |
| Free competition cannot exist where the government is controlling the market. |
| free cost | | | sans frais, sans charge, sans coût phrase |
| free course | | | cours facultatif |
| free decision | | | décision libre nf |
| free delivery | | | livraison gratuite, sans frais |
| free diving | n | (sport: skin diving) | plongée en apnée nf |
| Snorkeling and spearfishing are two free-diving activities. |
| | | plongée libre nf |
| | sport | apnée libre nf |
| En apnée libre, il faut atteindre la profondeur la plus importante en retenant le plus longtemps possible sa respiration. |
| free economy | | | économie libre |
| free electron | | | électron libre |
| free energy | | | énergie libre |
| free energy | | | énergie gratuite |
| free enterprise | n | (system with little state control of business) | libre entreprise nf |
| La libre entreprise est une composante du capitalisme. |
| free fall, freefall | n | (fall subject to the force of gravity alone) | chute libre nf |
| free fall, freefall | n | figurative (sharp decline) fig | chute libre nf |
| The global economy began its freefall in the fall of 2008. |
| free flight | | | vol gratuit nm |
| free floating | | | flottement libre |
| free flowering | | adj | qui fleurit abondamment phrase |
| free flowing, free-flowing | adj | (fluid, moving easily) | fluide adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is before a noun |
| A little work with this plunger and we'll have this drain free flowing again. |
| In the U.S., a free-flowing river is one that has no dams along its length, e.g. the Yellowstone River.. |
| free flowing, free-flowing | adj | figurative (without procedural rules, constraints) | sans contraintes adj |
| Their free-flowing discussion touched on everything from their jobs to their relationships and lasted nearly until dawn. |
| | | libre adj |
| | conversation, discussion | à bâtons rompus adj |
| Leur discussion à bâtons rompus a duré jusqu'à l'aube. |
| free form, freeform, free-form | n | (improvised style) Mus | free jazz nm |
| Saxophonist Ornette Coleman introduced free-form jazz in the 1950s, and the improvisational style became popular with John Coltrane. |
| free form, freeform, free-form | adj | (improvised or unplanned) | libre adj |
| free from | adj | (not containing) | dépourvu de adj + prép |
| When the Americas were discovered by the Europeans the lands were free from pollution. |
| Quand ce territoire a été découvert, il était dépourvu de toute population. |
| | | libre de tout adj + prép |
| | | exempt de adj + prép |
| free from want | | adj | à l'abri du besoin phrase |
| free gift | n | (sth offered free with a purchase) | cadeau nm |
| free gold | | | or libre |
| free gold | | | or vierge |
| free goods | | | marchandises gratuites nfpl |
| free hand | n | (carte blanche, unrestricted freedom) | liberté d'action nf |
| | | liberté nf |
| | | carte blanche nf |
| Tu as carte blanche pour cette mission. |
| | | latitude nf |
| J'ai eu toute latitude d'agir comme je le voulais. |
| free health centre | n | (centre offering free medical treatment) | dispensaire nm |
| free hit | | (sport) sport | coup franc nm |
| free house | | (Commerce) Commerce | débit de boissons nm |
| free house | | GB pub indépendant | pub |
| free kick | n | (sport: kick awarded after a foul) | coup franc nm |
| free list | | | liste des espaces libres |
| free living | | | culture en milieu naturel nf |
| free love | n | dated (extra-marital or promiscuous sex) vieilli | amour libre nm |
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