| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| full | adj | (filled) | plein, rempli adj |
| This box is full. Can you get me another? |
| Cette boîte est pleine (or: remplie). Tu peux m'en faire passer une autre ? |
| full | adj | (entire) | complet, entier adj |
| She waited a full week before saying no. |
| Elle attendit une semaine complète (or: entière) avant de dire non. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| full | adj | (complete) | rempli adj |
| My notebook is full. I should get another one. |
| Mon carnet est rempli. Je devrais en prendre un autre. |
| full | adj | (maximum) maximum | plein adj |
| The cherry trees are in full bloom. |
| Les cerisiers sont en pleine floraison. |
| full | adj | (ample) de grandes dimensions | fort adj |
| | | généreux adj |
| She had a very full bosom. |
| Elle avait une très forte poitrine. |
| Elle avait une poitrine très généreuse. |
| full | adj | (abundant) | abondant adj |
| She had full, thick hair. |
| Elle avait une chevelure abondante et épaisse. |
| full | adj | (engrossed) préoccupé par soi | imbu adj |
| He's good-looking, but very full of himself. |
| Il est beau, mais très imbu de lui-même. |
| full | adj | (blood lines) relations de sang | germain adj |
| I have two full sisters and two half-brothers. |
| J'ai deux sœurs germaines et deux demi-frères. |
| full | adj | (music) musique | plein adj |
| The composer uses lots of violins to achieve a full sound. |
| Le compositeur utilise un grand nombre de violons pour obtenir un son plein. |
| full | adj | (wine, food) vin, mets | puissant adj |
| This red has a full flavour and lots of body. |
| Ce rouge a un arôme puissant et beaucoup de corps. |
| full | adj | (baseball: count) | traduction non disponible |
| With a full count, he tripled to left. |
| full | adj | (baseball: men on base) | traduction non disponible |
| Ortiz always seems to come up with the bags full. |
| full | adv | (directly) | directement adv |
| | | droit adv |
| The car came at us, full on. |
| La voiture s'est dirigée directement sur nous. |
| La voiture s'est dirigée droit sur nous. |
| full | adv | (very) | très, parfaitement adv |
| You know full well that he's not coming. |
| Tu sais très (or: parfaitement) bien qu'il ne viendra pas. |
| full | vi | (moon: become full) lune | plein adj |
| The moon will full tonight. |
| La lune sera pleine ce soir. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| at full | | | à plein |
| at full blast | adv | (at the loudest volume possible) | à fond loc adv |
| If you must play your music at full blast, please use headphones. |
| Je n'en peux plus : mon voisin écoute la musique à fond au milieu de la nuit. |
| | | à plein tube loc adv |
| at full blast | adv | (as forcefully as possible) | à pleine puissance loc adv |
| I accidentally turned the hose on at full blast and washed away all my seedlings. |
| at full gallop | adv | (as fast as possible) | à fond de train loc adv |
| | | ventre à terre loc adv |
| at full length | | | de tout son long |
| at full speed | adv | (as fast as possible) | à toute vitesse loc adv |
| À l'arrivée de la police, le voleur s'enfuit à toute vitesse. |
| at full throttle | adv | literal (vehicle: at top speed) | à toute vitesse loc adv |
| | | à toute allure loc adv |
| | fam | à fond la caisse loc adv |
| | fam | à fond les manettes loc adv |
| | | à fond les gamelles loc adv |
| bank-full | | | à pleins bords adj |
| be full of | | | abonder en |
| be full of energy | | plein d'allant | en train, être adj |
| be in full swing | | | battre son plein |
| come full circle | v | (return to original status, position) | retourner à la case départ v |
| | | la boucle est bouclée expr |
| La famille a vendu la maison il y a des années, mais elle a été rachetée par leurs descendants : la boucle est bouclée. |
| crammed full | | | bondé adj |
| full age | n | (majority, legal age of adulthood) | majorité nf |
| | | âge légal nm |
| full authority | n | (complete control) | autorité absolue nf |
| The judged granted him full authority over his father's estate. |
| | | toute autorité nf |
| | | contrôle complet, contrôle total nm |
| full beam | | (headlights) phares | plein adj |
| full beard | n | (hair on chin, cheeks when grown long) | barbe garnie nf |
| Santa Claus has a full beard and moustache. |
| full blast | | informal (volume) volume : à donf familier | à pleins tubes adj |
| full bloom | n | (plant: flowers completely open) | en fleurs loc adj |
| That shrub is gorgeous now that its flowers are in full bloom. |
| Tous les arbres sont en fleurs en ce moment, c'est magnifique ! |
| | | pleine floraison nf |
| full blown, full-blown | adj | (fully developed) | complet adj |
| What started as a minor political scandal has developed into a full-blown constitutional crisis. |
| It usually takes years for the HIV virus to develop into full-blown AIDS. |
| full board | n | (accommodation: room and meals) | pension complète nf |
| Full board costs less than 50 euro per day. |
| Her university scholarship includes full board. |
| Il y a peu de différence de prix entre la pension complète et la demi-pension. |
| full bodied | | vin corsé | corsé adj |
| full body, full-body | adj | (over all the body) | intégral adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adjective before a noun |
| I got a full-body tan at the solarium. |
| Elle enlève son bikini pour obtenir un bronzage intégral. |
| full circle | adv | (back to the beginning) fig | revenir à la case départ loc v |
| We've come full circle today. |
| Et nous voici revenus à la case départ. |
| full color | | US | haut en couleur |
| full color | | US | en couleur |
| full colour, full-colour | n | (full-colour printing process) | quadrichromie nf |
| Note: colour is BE spelling; the AE spelling is color |
| Full-color printing is often called four color printing because four colors of ink are used. |
| full colour, full-colour | adj | (printed by full-colour process) | en quadrichromie, en quadri |
| Almost all magazines are printed using the full-color process. |
| Tous les magazines, ou presque, sont imprimés en quadri. |
| full consent | n | (complete agreement, full permission) | consentement total nm |
| The marriage has my full consent. |
| | | entier consentement nm |
| | | plein consentement nm |
| full coverage | n | (comprehensive insurance) | assurance tous risques nf |
| Since my car is brand new, and expensive, I decided to pay for full coverage auto insurance, to protect me no matter what happens. |
| Ayant acheté une voiture neuve et chère, j'ai souscrit à une assurance tous risques |
| full development | | | tous les aspects de qch phrase |
| full dress | | | tenue de soirée nf |
| full employment | n | (all of workforce is employed) | plein emploi, plein-emploi nm |
| Note: Defined by most governments as a low unemployment rate. |
| Full employment is a goal of every administration. |
| Le plein emploi est le but de chaque administration. |
| full English breakfast | n | (morning meal of eggs, bacon, etc.) | (vrai) petit déjeuner anglais nm |
| Not many families eat a full English breakfast any more. |
| full extent | n | (total reach or degree of sth) | étendue réelle nf |
| The full extent of the disaster is still not clear. |
| L'étendue réelle des dégâts n'a pas pu encore être évaluée. |
| full force | | | pleine force |
| full gallop | n | literal (horse's fastest pace) | plein galop nm |
| Even at full gallop, the horse could not outrun the train for long. |
| full gallop | n | figurative (fast pace, top speed) | à toute vitesse loc adv |
| She was talking at a full gallop; I couldn't understand most of what she said. |
| Elle parlait à toute vitesse et je n'arrivais pas à comprendre ce qu'elle disait. |
| full growth | | | maturité nf |
| full hand | | | à pleines mains |
| full hand | | | mains nfpl |
| full house | | | terme employé dans le jeu de poker nm |
| full immersion | n | (continuous exposure: to a language) | immersion totale nf |
| We offer a full-immersion program in Mandarin Chinese. |
| full immersion | n | literal (complete submersion: in a liquid) | immersion totale nf |
| full length, full-length | n | (longest extent, length when extended) | longueur totale nf |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| The full length of the snake was four feet, six inches. |
| For a black-tie affair, women should wear a full-length gown. |
| full length, full-length | adj | (fully extended) | de tout son long loc adv |
| He lay full length on the floor. |
| Elle gisait de tout son long à terre. |
| full load | | | pleine charge nf |
| full load | | (Transport) Transport | plein chargement nm |
| full load | | | pleine puissance nf |
| full meal | | (entire meal) | menu complet nm |
| full meal | | | repas complet nm |
| full measure | n | (measured quantity, serving of sth) | bonne mesure nf |
| I asked for a gallon, and he gave me full measure. |
| | | quantité voulue nf |
| full measure | n | (complete realisation or understanding of sth) | portée nf |
| Je ne sais pas si elle a compris toute la portée de ce qu'on lui disait. |
| full monty | n | UK, slang (everything, the works) fig, fam | la totale nf |
| I wouldn't be eating again all day so I went for the full monty: sausage, bacon, fried eggs, mushrooms, and tomatoes. |
| Hier, c’était la totale : tout est allé de travers. |
| | fig, fam | le grand jeu nm, expr |
| Quand je l’ai quitté, il m’a fait le grand jeu : les larmes, les cris, les menaces … |
| full moon | n | (moon when fully visible) | pleine lune nf |
| The light of the full moon made it easier to travel by night. |
| full moon | n | (phase when moon is fully visible) | pleine lune nf |
| The word 'lunatic' comes form the belief that people get crazy when there is a full moon. |
| full name | n | (first, middle and last names) | nom et prénom(s) |
| You must always give your full name when filling out government forms. |
| Please state your full name to the judge. |
| full name | n | (complete given and family names) | nom complet nm |
| Hispanic cultures use the mother's last name as part of the child's full name. |
| Le nom complet de Picasso était très long, car il avait de nombreux prénoms. |
| full occupancy | n | (vehicle: every seat is filled) | remplissage total nm |
| Malheureusement, les compagnies aériennes pratiquent la surréservation pour assurer un remplissage total de leurs appareils. |
| | | places toutes occupées nmpl |
| | | complet adj |
| Je m'excuse Marie mais demande à quelqu'un d'autre pour t'emmener au pique-nique, je suis complet. |
| full occupancy | n | (building: completely inhabited) | logements tous occupés nm |
| | hôtel | complet adj |
| Pendant le festival tous les hôtels de Cannes et de la région sont complets. |
| | immeuble, résidence | totalement, complètement occupé adj |
| Si l'immeuble est complètement occupé, c'est parce que le quartier est bon marché. |
| full of | adj | (containing a lot of, having many or much) | plein de adj |
| I am full of enthusiasm for this project. |
| | | déborder de vi |
| Elle déborde de vie. |
| full of | adj | (filled with) | rempli de adj |
| I like this granola, it's full of nuts. |
| | | plein de adj |
| full of beans | | | en pleine forme |
| full of consideration | | envers qqn | attentionné adj |
| full of demands | | lettre discours | revendicateur adj |
| full of energy | adj | (lively, energetic) | plein d'énergie adj |
| She was so full of energy that I could hardly keep up with her. |
| | | débordant d'énergie adj |
| full of enthusiasm | adj | (very eager) | enthousiaste adj |
| It's good to see our new recruits so full of enthusiasm. |
| Ça fait tellement plaisir de voir nos nouvelles recrues si enthousiastes. |
| | | plein d'enthousiasme adj |
| | | débordant d'enthousiasme adj |
| full of hate | adj | (intensely hostile) | rempli de haine, empli de haine adj |
| She is so full of hate that it has made her psychotic. |
| | | plein de haine adj |
| | | haineux adj |
| Ce type est haineux : c'est sûrement pour ça que les enquêteurs s'attardent sur lui, son comportement appelle les soupçons. |
| full of hatred | adj | (intensely hostile) | rempli de haine, empli de haine adj |
| Le despote a adressé aux rebelles des propos remplis de haine. |
| | | plein de haine adj |
| full of himself | | Locution | imbu de sa personne phrase |
| full of holes | adj | literal (perforated) | troué, tout troué adj |
| You're not wearing that jumper, it's full of holes. |
| Tu ne vas pas porter ce pull, il est tout troué. |
| | | plein de trous adj |
| full of holes | adj | figurative (easily disproved) fig, fam | qui ne tient pas la route adj |
| That theory is ridiculous, it's full of holes. |
| Cette théorie est ridicule, elle ne tient pas la route ! |
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