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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
how /haʊ/
NOTE:
When how is used as a question word meaning in what way? or by what means? (how did you get here?, how will you do it?) it is almost always translated by comment: comment es-tu arrivé ici?;
comment le feras-tu?When how is used as a conjunction meaning the way in which it is often translated by comment: I don't know how they did it = je ne sais pas comment ils l'ont fait;
tell me how you make a curry = dis-moi comment on fait un curry. When how is used as a conjunction meaning that it is almost always translated by que: he told me how he had stolen the money = il m'a dit qu'il avait volé l'argent;
it's amazing how they survived = c'est étonnant qu'ils aient survécu. For more examples and particular usages see below.
When how is used as a question word meaning in what way? or by what means? (how did you get here?, how will you do it?) it is almost always translated by comment: comment es-tu arrivé ici?;
comment le feras-tu?When how is used as a conjunction meaning the way in which it is often translated by comment: I don't know how they did it = je ne sais pas comment ils l'ont fait;
tell me how you make a curry = dis-moi comment on fait un curry. When how is used as a conjunction meaning that it is almost always translated by que: he told me how he had stolen the money = il m'a dit qu'il avait volé l'argent;
it's amazing how they survived = c'est étonnant qu'ils aient survécu. For more examples and particular usages see below.
- adverb conjunction
- (in what way, by what means) comment;
to know ~ to do savoir faire;
I learned ~ to do it j'ai appris à le faire;
~ do you feel about it? qu'en penses-tu?;
- (when enquiring) ~ are you? comment allez-vous?;
~'s your foot? comment va ton pied?;
~'s your brother? comment va ton frère?;
~ did you like the party? la fête t'a plu?;
~ are things? comment ça va?;
~ do you do! (greeting) enchanté!;
- (in number, quantity etc questions) ~ much does this cost?, ~ much is this? combien ça coûte?;
~ much do you weigh? combien pèses-tu?;
~ many times have you been to France? combien de fois es-tu allé en France?;
~ many people? combien de personnes?;
~ long will it take? combien de temps cela va-t-il prendre?;
~ long is the rope? de quelle longueur est cette corde?;
~ tall is the tree? combien mesure l'arbre?;
~ big is the garden? de quelle taille est le jardin?;
~ far is it? c'est à quelle distance?;
~ old is she? quel âge a-t-elle?;
- (in exclamations) ~ wonderful! c'est fantastique!;
~ nice you look! que tu es beau/belle!;
~ clever of you! comme c'est intelligent de ta part!;
~ wrong I was! comme j'ai eu tort!;
~ it rained! qu'est-ce qu'il a plu (familier)!;
- (familier)(in whichever way) comme;
you can decorate it ~ you like tu peux le décorer comme tu veux;
- (why) ~ could you? comment as-tu pu faire ça?;
- (that) que;
you know ~ he always arrives late tu sais qu'il arrive toujours en retard.
- (in what way, by what means) comment;
- (familier)how come adv phr ‘~ come?’ ‘pourquoi?’;
~ come you always win? comment ça se fait que tu gagnes toujours?
- how's that adv phr I'll take you home, ~'s that? je te ramènerai chez toi, ça te va?;
~'s that for an honest answer ça c'est une réponse honnête.
'how' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
about
- afford
- against
- ago
- all right
- along
- altogether
- and
- appreciation
- ask
- bad
- beat
- beyond
- blaze
- business
- but
- can
- careful
- charge
- check
- clever
- close
- come
- compare
- consider
- convey
- cost
- deep
- demonstrate
- determine
- dictate
- do
- earth
- else
- enjoy
- far
- fare
- fast
- feel
- fix
- forget
- form
- forward
- further
- get
- give
- go
- goodness
- grab
- guidance
French:
accoutrer
- aider
- ainsi
- aller
- altitude
- ange
- apprendre
- arranger
- avancer
- avoir
- bas
- bête
- bilan
- bizarre
- bonheur
- bric
- ça
- calcul
- cas
- ce
- chez
- combien
- combien
- comme
- comment
- comment
- compte
- coûter
- croire
- déjà
- depuis
- descendre
- devoir
- dire
- distance
- donner
- dont
- durée
- effet
- en
- enchanter
- enlever
- entendre
- être
- exemple
- façon
- faire
- fait
- fichu
- fou
how: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| how | adv | (in what manner) | comment adv |
| façon nf | |||
| Did you see how he looked at me? | |||
| Tu as vu comment il m'a regardée ? | |||
| Tu as vu sa façon de me regarder ? | |||
| how | adv | (by what means) | comment adv |
| de quelle façon adv | |||
| Do you know how to fix this TV? | |||
| Tu sais comment réparer cette télé (or: Sais-tu réparer la télé)? | |||
| Tu sais de quelle façon réparer cette télé ? | |||
| how | adv | (in what condition) | comment adv |
| How are you? | |||
| Comment vas-tu ? | |||
| how | adv | (to what extent) | traduction non disponible |
| How strong do you like your coffee? | |||
| how | adv | (intensifier) | comme adv |
| que conj | |||
| très adv | |||
| How kind of you! | |||
| Comme c'est gentil à vous ! | |||
| * Qu'il est mignon ! Que c'est drôle ! | |||
| C'est très aimable à vous. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| how, how come | adv | (why) | comment adv |
| pourquoi adv | |||
| How come she didn't say anything? | |||
| Comment se fait-il qu'elle n'ait rien dit ? | |||
| Pourquoi n'a-t-elle pas répondu ? | |||
| how | adv | (meaning what) | comment adv |
| I don't know how to understand her comments. | |||
| Je ne sais pas comment interpréter ses remarques. | |||
| how | adv | (by what name) | que conj |
| I'm not sure how he was called as a boy. | |||
| Je ne me souviens plus du nom que ses parents lui ont donné. | |||
| how | adv | (what) | comment ça, cela adv |
| quoi, comment adv | |||
| qu'en penses-tu, qu'en pensez-vous loc | |||
| How's that? What did you say? | |||
| Comment ça (or: cela) ? Tu peux répéter ? | |||
| Quoi (or: Comment) ? Tu peux répéter ? | |||
| * Alors, qu'en penses-tu (or: qu'en pensez-vous) ? | |||
| Report an error | |||
how: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| don't know how | ne pas savoir comment | ||
| here's how | voici comment phrase | ||
| how about | informal (introducing a suggestion) fam | et si... conj | |
| How about going to the cinema tonight? | |||
| Et si on allait au cinéma ce soir ? | |||
| how about that | qu'est-ce que vous dites de ça ? phrase | ||
| how about that | qu'en est-il de cela? phrase | ||
| how about that! | interj | (expressing that one is impressed) fam | pas mal ! interj |
| how are you | plus soutenu | Comment allez-vous ? | |
| how are you | plus familier | comment vas-tu ? | |
| how are you? | expr | (conventional greeting) | Comment vas-tu ? Comment allez vous ? expr |
| Bonjour, monsieur le directeur. Comment allez-vous ? | |||
| fam | (Comment) ça va ? expr | ||
| Salut, Simon. Ça va ? | |||
| how big | interroger sur la mesure | combien adv | |
| how come | informal (why is it that) | comment ça se fait | |
| Note: how come is short for the phrase "How did it come to be that..." | |||
| How come you aren't at work? | |||
| Tu n'es pas au travail : comment ça se fait ? Comment ça se fait que tu n'es pas au travail ? | |||
| pourquoi | |||
| Tu n'es pas au travail : pourquoi ? Pourquoi n'es-tu pas au travail ? | |||
| how do you do | interj | formal (pleased to meet you) | ravi de vous connaître interj |
| How do you do? I'm delighted to meet you. | |||
| Oh, vous êtes le père de Mireille ? Ravie de vous connaître. | |||
| how do you do? | expr | formal (pleased to meet you) | enchanté adj |
| (je suis) ravi de vous connaître, de vous rencontrer expr | |||
| (je suis) ravi de faire votre connaissance expr | |||
| how does it | comment est-ce que | ||
| how far | (how far…?) à quelle distance…? | quelle distance phrase | |
| how far | interroger sur la distance | combien adv | |
| how goes it | Comment ça va ? | ||
| how high the cost of living is! | que la vie est chère ! phrase | ||
| how is it that | comment cela se fait que | ||
| how is it that...? | (can you explain how …?) | comment se fait-il que + [subjonctif] | |
| How is it that all of your hats are black? | |||
| Comment se fait-il que tu sois encore en retard ? | |||
| fam | comment ça se fait que + [subjonctif] | ||
| Comment ça se fait que tu sois encore en retard ? | |||
| how it goes | on le fait | ||
| how it is | (reality, the way life is) | c'est comme ça expr | |
| You might think it's unfair that you didn't get the job, but that's just how it is. | |||
| Tu peux penser que ce n'est pas juste, mais c'est comme ça. | |||
| how long | interroger sur la durée | combien adv | |
| how many | choses (comptable) | combien adv | |
| how much | (what amount) non comptable | combien adv | |
| how much | (to what extent) à quel point | combien adv | |
| how now | Comment alors ? | ||
| how often | (the frequency with which) | fréquence à laquelle, fréquence avec laquelle nf | |
| How often I go to the dentist depends on how I feel. | |||
| La fréquence avec laquelle je prends l'avion dépend de mes obligations professionnelles. | |||
| how often | (with what frequency) fam | tous les combien | |
| How often do you go to the doctor? | |||
| Tous les combien tu travailles de nuit à l'hôpital ? | |||
| est-ce que...souvent ? | |||
| Est-ce que tu vas souvent à la piscine ? - J'y vais trois fois par semaine. | |||
| how should I know | comment devrais-je savoir | ||
| how should I know? | expr | informal (I don't know) fam | qu'est-ce que j'en sais ? expr |
| Qu'est-ce que j'en sais, moi, si tu as posé tes lunettes sur la table de la cuisine ? | |||
| how soon | conj | (the earliest time that) | quand... au plus tôt conj |
| Quand penses-tu arriver au plus tôt ? | |||
| how things are going | comment vont les affaires ? | ||
| how-do-you-do | bonjour, enchanté | ||
| how-to | n | informal (instructional guide) | guide pratique nm |
| Note: Frequently attributive: a how-to book, a how-to video. | |||
| This is more of a how-to than a full explanation of the principles involved. | |||
| Tu devrais t'acheter le guide pratique du parfait bricoleur, il existe même en DVD. | |||
| how-to book | guide pratique n | ||
| how...! | emploi exclamatif | comme adv | |
| know-how | entreprise | expertise nf | |
| know-how | savoir-faire nm inv | ||
| no matter how | conj | (whichever way) | avoir beau + [infinitif] vtr |
| No matter how hard I try, I can't draw as well as you. | |||
| J'ai beau faire des efforts, je n'arrive pas à dessiner aussi bien que toi. | |||
| quel que [être au subj] prép | |||
| Quels que soient mes efforts et mon application, je n'y arriverai jamais. | |||
| no matter how | adv | (in whatever way) | quel que [être au subj] prép |
| No matter how you say it, turning someone down for a date is going to hurt their feelings. | |||
| Quel que soit le ton que tu emploies, refuser une invitation est mal perçu. | |||
| quelle que soit la manière / la façon prép | |||
| show how | vtr | (demonstrate the way that) | montrer comment vtr+adv |
| Can you show me how this machine works? | |||
| Pouvez-vous me montrer comment cette machine fonctionne ? | |||
| technical know-how | n | informal (practical and specialist skills) | savoir-faire nm |
| We are stuck, we need to bring in somebody with the technical know-how to drag us out of this mess or we will lose our jobs ! | |||
| Elle a les outils, mais le savoir-faire, c'est lui qui l'a. | |||
| connaissances techniques nfpl | |||
| Quelqu'un dont les connaissances techniques peuvent nous sortir de ce pétrin | |||
| technique nf | |||
| Cet artisan maîtrise la technique du vitrail au plomb. | |||
| tell how | vtr | (describe the manner in which) | dire comment vtr |
| If you'll tell me how to bake a pie, I'll bake you one tomorrow. | |||
| Dis-moi comment (faire pour) brancher le lecteur de DVD. | |||
| expliquer comment vtr | |||
| that's how it goes sometimes | interj | informal (expressing philosophical acceptance) | c'est comme ça interj |
| I didn't get the job, but that's how it goes sometimes. | |||
| I know it isn't fair but that's just how it goes sometimes. | |||
| c'est la vie interj | |||
| Je sais que ce n'est pas juste, mais c'est la vie ! | |||
| ainsi va la vie interj | |||
| the how | le comment | ||
| Report an error | |||
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'How I Am'
'how much'
(I had) no idea how much
"biting point" / "How to find a biting point"
"how ____!" ?
"how come" room
"How did it go?"
"How did you first learn about the directory?"
"how does it sound?"
"how was the test"
"how's everything honey?"
"I don't care for how long we are going to be apart and far away..."
"I had no idea how much I cared about you until...."
"I let you know how we fare"
"in how successfully..." ?
"Just how..."
"No matter how [guilty]"
"The more you talk, the less you have to hear how dumb every
17 sur 20, 17/20, how to express result in school?
20 to 120 years...how do you use "to" for time?
2009 - how do you say it?
A how-to
a limit to just how small an organ can be ....
a measure of how happy someone is
a story about how
about how to
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