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US - UKFor the verb: "to lead"
| Simple Past: | led |
| Past Participle: | led |
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
lead1
- noun
- to be in the ~ être en tête;
to go into the ~ passer en tête;
- (initiative) to take the ~ prendre l'initiative;
to follow sb's ~ suivre l'exemple de qn;
- (clue) piste f;
- (leading role) rôle m principal;
- (wire) fil m;
- GB (for dog) laisse f.
- to be in the ~ être en tête;
- adjective (guitarist) premier/-ière (before n);
(role, singer) principal/-e.
- transitive verb
- (guide, escort) mener, conduire (person) (to sth à qch;
to sb auprès de qn);
to ~ sb away éloigner qn (from de);
- (bring) (path, sign) mener (to à);
- (cause) to ~ sb to do amener qn à faire;
- mener (army, team, attack, strike);
diriger (orchestra, research);
- (conduct, have) mener (active life);
to ~ a life of luxury vivre dans le luxe.
- (guide, escort) mener, conduire (person) (to sth à qch;
- intransitive verb
- to ~ to (path) mener à;
(door) s'ouvrir sur;
(exit, trapdoor) donner accès à;
- (result in) to ~ to entraîner (complication, discovery, accident);
- (runner, car, company) être en tête;
(team, side) mener;
to ~ by 15 seconds avoir 15 secondes d'avance;
- (in walk) aller devant;
(in action, discussion) prendre l'initiative;
(in dancing) conduire.
- to ~ to (path) mener à;
- (precede) précéder (event);
- (build up to) amener (topic).
lead2 noun plomb m;
(in pencil) mine f.
(in pencil) mine f.
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'lead' found in these entries:
English:
astray - convincing - extension lead - fasten - follow - lead-free - lead story - narrow - regain - take - widen - wild-goose chase
French:
aboutir - aguicher - amener - animer - avance - branchement - conduire - crayon - déboucher - délai - desservir - dévoyer - diriger - dominer - donner - drôle - égarer - entame - entraîner - fil - grenaille - induire - jeune - laisse - mener - mine - motiver - piste - plomb - prendre - rallonge - rôle - sérieux - sonde - tant - tête - vice
lead: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (go before) | passer devant vtr | ||||||
| précéder vi ⇒ | |||||||||
| Could you lead the way to the stadium, and I'll follow you? | |||||||||
| Pourrais-tu passer devant jusqu'au stade afin que je puisse te suivre ? | |||||||||
| Pourrais-tu me précéder jusqu'au stade afin que je puisse te suivre ? | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (guide) | conduire, guider vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| The tour guide leads the people through the city. | |||||||||
| Le guide touristique conduit (or: guide) les visiteurs dans toute la ville. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (be the leader) | diriger, mener vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| The chief inspector leads the investigation. | |||||||||
| L'inspecteur en chef dirige (or: mène) l'enquête. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (be ahead of) être devant | dépasser vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| être en avance sur vi | |||||||||
| He leads his brother in academic skill. | |||||||||
| Il dépasse son frère dans ses études. | |||||||||
| Il est en avance sur son frère dans ses études. | |||||||||
| lead to | vi | (result in) | conduire, mener vi ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| Drug use often leads to crime. | |||||||||
| La consommation de drogue conduit (or: mène) souvent au crime. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (first place) | première position nf | ||||||
| première place nf | |||||||||
| He took the lead after the first hour of the race. | |||||||||
| Il est passé en première position après la première heure de course. | |||||||||
| Il a pris la première place après la première heure de course. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (margin) | avance nf | ||||||
| marge nf | |||||||||
| He had a lead of three minutes over the next runner. | |||||||||
| Il avait une avance de trois minutes sur le coureur suivant. | |||||||||
| Il avait une marge de trois minutes sur le coureur suivant. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (chemistry: metal) chimie : métal | plomb nm | ||||||
| The screen was made of lead to prevent X-rays from passing through. | |||||||||
| L'écran était en plomb pour empêcher le passage des rayons X. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (pencil: graphite) crayon : graphite | mine nf | ||||||
| The lead broke on this pencil, so I have to sharpen it. | |||||||||
| La mine du crayon s'est cassée, il faut que je l'aiguise. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (leadership) | direction nf | ||||||
| The whole team followed his lead. | |||||||||
| Toute l'équipe a suivi sa direction. | |||||||||
| lead | adj | (principal) | principal adj | ||||||
| The lead speaker brought the audience to its feet with his wit. | |||||||||
| Grâce à sa vivacité d'esprit, l'orateur principal a fait se lever le public. | |||||||||
| lead | adj | (first) | premier adj | ||||||
| Who is the lead runner? | |||||||||
| Qui est le premier coureur ? | |||||||||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||||||||
| lead | adj | (most important) | principal adj | ||||||
| The lead subject in the meeting was still without resolution. | |||||||||
| Le sujet principal de la réunion n'avait toujours pas été résolu. | |||||||||
| lead | adj | (Amer. Football: pass) football américain | traduction non disponible | ||||||
| The lead pass arrived at midfield just as the receiver got there. | |||||||||
| lead | adj | (baseball: runner) base-ball | coureur en avant nm | ||||||
| The lead runner was on second base. | |||||||||
| Le coureur en avant était sur la seconde base. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (sthg made of lead metal) | plomb nm | ||||||
| The lead stopped all X-rays passing through. | |||||||||
| Le plomb a stoppé le passage de tous les rayons X. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (a weight made of lead) haltérophilie : poids en plomb | plomb nm | ||||||
| Pass me those two leads please. I need to weigh this down. | |||||||||
| Passe-moi ces deux plombs, s'il te plaît. Il me faut plus de poids. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (shot, bullets) familier | plomb nm | ||||||
| The gangster filled his rival with lead. | |||||||||
| Le gangster truffa son rival de plomb. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (printing: line spacing metal) typographie : lamelle de plomb | lame nf | ||||||
| The typesetter cut a lead to fit the line, and put it in the composing stick. | |||||||||
| Le typographe découpa une lame adaptée à la ligne et la plaça dans le composteur. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (printing: line space) typographie | lame nf | ||||||
| Add another lead between those lines, so there will be more separation between them. | |||||||||
| Ajoutez une lame entre ces lignes pour mieux les séparer. | |||||||||
| lead | n | slang (sloth, lack of energy) manque d'énergie, figuré | plomb nm | ||||||
| I need to get the lead out of my legs or I will never play well in this game. | |||||||||
| Si je ne me débarrasse pas du plomb que j'ai dans les jambes, je ne pourrai pas jouer correctement dans ce match. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (person holding a lead) | meneur nm | ||||||
| The lead is a Nigerian runner. | |||||||||
| Le meneur est un coureur nigérian. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (clue, indication) | fil conducteur nm | ||||||
| piste nf | |||||||||
| indice nm | |||||||||
| The investigator caught the thief after finding the important lead. | |||||||||
| L'enquêteur a attrapé le voleur après avoir trouvé le fil conducteur. | |||||||||
| L'enquêteur a attrapé le voleur après avoir trouvé la piste principale. | |||||||||
| L'enquêteur a attrapé le voleur après avoir trouvé l'indice principal. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (cinema: principal role) cinéma | rôle principal nm | ||||||
| Do you know who is going to play the lead in this movie? | |||||||||
| Savez-vous qui va jouer le rôle principal dans ce film ? | |||||||||
| lead | n | (theatre: principal role) théâtre | rôle principal nm | ||||||
| Do you know who is going to play the lead in this play? | |||||||||
| Savez-vous qui va jouer le rôle principal dans cette pièce ? | |||||||||
| lead | n | (cinema: starring actor) cinéma | vedette nf | ||||||
| cinéma, anglicisme | star nf | ||||||||
| The lead in the film was a famous actress. | |||||||||
| La vedette de ce film était une célèbre actrice. | |||||||||
| La star de ce film était une actrice connue. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (journalism: introduction) journalisme | chapeau nm | ||||||
| premier paragraphe nm | |||||||||
| The article's lead stated all the main facts. | |||||||||
| Le chapeau de l'article indiquait tous les faits principaux. | |||||||||
| Le premier paragraphe de l'article présentait les faits principaux. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (example) | exemple nm | ||||||
| Follow my lead, and you will be a success. | |||||||||
| Suivez mon exemple et vous connaîtrez le succès. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (cards: playing first) | traduction non disponible | ||||||
| John took the lead and played first. | |||||||||
| John a commencé et a joué en premier. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (cards: right to play first) | traduction non disponible | ||||||
| It is your lead. Go ahead and play. | |||||||||
| C'est toi qui commences. Vas-y, joue ! | |||||||||
| lead | n | (cards: suit played first) cartes | main nm | ||||||
| The lead was an ace of hearts. | |||||||||
| La main était un as de cœur. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (electricity: connecting wire) électricité | fil nm | ||||||
| First, connect the red lead to the brown connector. | |||||||||
| Commencez par brancher le fil rouge sur le connecteur marron. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (shooting) | traduction non disponible | ||||||
| The hunter gave the target a lead of about a metre. | |||||||||
| Le chasseur a plombé sa proie à un mètre. | |||||||||
| lead | n | (leash) | laisse nf | ||||||
| Please will you put that dog on a lead! | |||||||||
| Veux-tu mettre ce chien en laisse ! | |||||||||
| lead | vi | (guide) | conduire, reconduire vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| accompagner, raccompagner vtr ⇒ ⇒ | |||||||||
| Let me lead you back to the camp. I know the way. | |||||||||
| Laissez-moi vous conduire (or: reconduire) au campement. Je connais le chemin. | |||||||||
| Permettez-moi de vous accompagner (or: vous raccompagner) au campement. Je connais le chemin. | |||||||||
| lead | vi | (go first) promenade à pied | ouvrir la marche vi | ||||||
| passer devant vi | |||||||||
| réel et figuré | montrer le chemin | ||||||||
| You lead, and we will follow you. | |||||||||
| Ouvrez la marche et nous vous suivrons. | |||||||||
| Passez devant et nous vous suivrons. | |||||||||
| Montrez-nous le chemin et nous vous suivrons. | |||||||||
| lead | vi | (be in advance) | avoir une avance vi | ||||||
| compétition | mener vi ⇒ | ||||||||
| The runner leads by thirty metres. | |||||||||
| Le coureur a une avance de trente mètres. | |||||||||
| Le coureur mène de trente mètres. | |||||||||
| lead | vi | (take the offensive) | attaquer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| The boxer led with his left fist. | |||||||||
| Le boxeur attaqua du gauche. | |||||||||
| lead | vi | (cards: play first) cartes | jouer en premier, avoir la main vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| You lead this hand. Throw your card. | |||||||||
| Tu joues en premier (or: Tu as la main). Jette ta carte. | |||||||||
| lead | vi | (baseball: runner's movement) base-ball | traduction non disponible | ||||||
| Runners often lead with two outs. | |||||||||
| Les coureurs sont souvent en tête avec deux éliminations. | |||||||||
| lead | vi | (dancing) danse de salon | mener vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| I don't know this dance. You will have to lead. | |||||||||
| Je ne connais pas cette danse. Il va falloir que tu mènes. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (influence) | influencer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| The president is able to lead public opinion with his comments to the press. | |||||||||
| Le président est capable d'influencer l'opinion publique avec ses commentaires à la presse. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (cause) | causer, déclencher vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| The protesters led a riot after the police used water cannon. | |||||||||
| Les manifestants ont causé (or: déclenché) une émeute après l'utilisation par la police des canons à eau. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (bring) | conduire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| Please lead me to your home. | |||||||||
| S'il te plait, conduis-moi chez toi. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (command) | diriger vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| The general leads his troops well, so they do what he orders. | |||||||||
| Le général dirige bien ses troupes et elles obéissent à ses ordres. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (direct) | conduire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| mener, amener vtr ⇒ ⇒ | |||||||||
| Lead them to agreement with logical arguments. | |||||||||
| Conduisez-les à un accord en utilisant des arguments logiques. | |||||||||
| Menez-les (or: amenez-les) à un accord en utilisant des arguments logiques. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (to head) | guider vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| The priest leads the congregation in prayer. | |||||||||
| Le prêtre guide sa congrégation dans la prière. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (live) | mener, vivre vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| My grandfather led a hard life. | |||||||||
| Mon grand-père a mené (or: a vécu) une vie difficile. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (cards) cartes | jouer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| He led an ace of hearts. | |||||||||
| Il joua un as de cœur. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (aim a gun) tir | viser vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| Lead the target by a foot or two. | |||||||||
| Vise 50 cm ou un mètre en avant de la cible. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (throw a ball ahead of sb) | guider vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| Don't throw the ball where he is, you need to lead him by throwing ahead of him. | |||||||||
| Ne lui lance pas le ballon là où il est, mais un peu devant pour le guider dans son déplacement. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (hold an advantage over) | devancer vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| avoir une avance de vtr | |||||||||
| He led the other runner by 30 meters. | |||||||||
| Il devançait l'autre joueur de 30 mètres. | |||||||||
| Il avait une avance de trente mètres sur l'autre joueur. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (music: conduct a group) musique | diriger vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| The conductor has led this orchestra for two years. | |||||||||
| Le chef d'orchestre a dirigé cet orchestre pendant deux ans. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (result in) | conduire, pousser vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| His drug use led him to start stealing. | |||||||||
| Sa consommation de drogue l'a conduit (or: poussé) à voler. | |||||||||
| lead | vtr | (pass time) | mener, passer vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| We tend to lead a very quiet life. | |||||||||
| Nous menons (or: passons) le plus souvent une vie très tranquille. | |||||||||
| Améliorer les traductions "{0}" ci-dessus. | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||||||||
| black lead | nm | graphite | |||||||
| extension lead | nm | prolongateur | |||||||
| follow the lead of | v | suivre le chemin de | |||||||
| follow the lead of | v | suivre les pas de | |||||||
| ground lead | nm | conducteur de terre | |||||||
| hot lead | plomb chaud | ||||||||
| in the lead | en tête | ||||||||
| lead acetate | acétate de plomb | ||||||||
| lead again | v | rejouer ⇒ (cartes rejouer une couleur) | |||||||
| lead astray | induire quelqu'un en erreur | ||||||||
| lead astray (literary) | v | dévoyer ⇒ littéraire | |||||||
| lead astray | v | égarer ⇒ (moralement ; une personne) | |||||||
| lead back | v | ramener ⇒ | |||||||
| lead carbonate | carbonate de plomb | ||||||||
| lead dress | nf | cendrée (métal en fragments) | |||||||
| lead glass | verre au plomb | ||||||||
| lead glass | nm | strass (bijouterie) | |||||||
| lead line | ligne de sonde | ||||||||
| lead mining | industrie minière | ||||||||
| lead off | v | commencer, débuter ⇒ ⇒ | |||||||
| lead on | v | encourager ⇒ | |||||||
| lead out | v | emmener ⇒ | |||||||
| lead out of his way | v | égarer ⇒ (un voyageur) | |||||||
| lead oxide | oxyde de plomb | ||||||||
| lead oxide | nf | céruse (blanc d'argent) | |||||||
| lead pencil | nm | crayon à mine | |||||||
| lead poisoning | intoxication saturnine, par le plomb | ||||||||
| lead role | nm | rôle principal | |||||||
| lead sb to | v | amener qqn à | |||||||
| lead singer | chanteur principal | ||||||||
| lead story | article à la une | ||||||||
| lead the way | v intr | être en tête | |||||||
| lead the way | v tr | guider | |||||||
| lead time | délai de production | ||||||||
| lead time | délai de mise en œuvre | ||||||||
| lead time | période d'attente (finance) | ||||||||
| lead to | v | entraîner ⇒ (occasionner) | |||||||
| lead to | v | conduire vers | |||||||
| lead to believe | mener à croire | ||||||||
| lead up | v | amener ⇒ (qqn en haut) | |||||||
| lead up to | v | amener à (introduire conduire à) | |||||||
| lead-in | nf | introduction | |||||||
| lead-in (introductory section) | nm | incipit | |||||||
| lead-up | adj | précédant | |||||||
| red lead | minium (plomb) | ||||||||
| red lead | nm | minium (Chimie) | |||||||
| red-lead | de minium | ||||||||
| retractable lead | nf | laisse à enrouleur | |||||||
| seal with lead | v | plomber ⇒ | |||||||
| silver lead | fil d'argent | ||||||||
| take the lead | v | prendre l'initiative | |||||||
| test lead | nf | connexion d'essai | |||||||
| the act of covering with lead | nm | plombage | |||||||
| the lead | la conduite | ||||||||
| the lead | le plomb | ||||||||
| Venice lead | nf | céruse (graphisme) | |||||||
| weight (with lead) | v | plomber ⇒ | |||||||
| white lead | blanc de céruse | ||||||||
| white lead | nf | carbonate de plomb (carbonate de plomb) | |||||||
| white lead | nf | céruse (blanc de plomb) | |||||||
| Report an error. | |||||||||
Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "lead".
'to lead sb to believe'
"Lead Capture Program"
40-lead sur Micro
a lead
all roads lead to rome
at any lead and lag
avoir le lead
Blast in the lead
blood test for CBC and lead level
Blow a lead (sports)
Can lead to an infection
can lead to questions of human rights intervention
Comfort eating may lead to obesity
consultant lead effort
could lead to
Development lead
Dogs not allowed except on a lead
Drugs can lead to a lifetime in rehab
electrical lead
emergency lead times
entraîner - lead to
event planner / events lead
eventually lead to death
follow her baby's lead and let him
FR: lead the influence - grammaire
FR: misunderstanding can lead you to act wrongly - grammaire
gamble on a lead
get lead
give a lead
hang on to the lead
Suite...
"Lead Capture Program"
40-lead sur Micro
a lead
all roads lead to rome
at any lead and lag
avoir le lead
Blast in the lead
blood test for CBC and lead level
Blow a lead (sports)
Can lead to an infection
can lead to questions of human rights intervention
Comfort eating may lead to obesity
consultant lead effort
could lead to
Development lead
Dogs not allowed except on a lead
Drugs can lead to a lifetime in rehab
electrical lead
emergency lead times
entraîner - lead to
event planner / events lead
eventually lead to death
follow her baby's lead and let him
FR: lead the influence - grammaire
FR: misunderstanding can lead you to act wrongly - grammaire
gamble on a lead
get lead
give a lead
hang on to the lead
Suite...
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