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own

1. adjective propre;
   her ~ car sa propre voiture.

2. pronoun my ~ le mien, la mienne;
   his/her ~ le sien, la sienne;
   he has a room of his ~ il a sa propre chambre or une chambre à lui;
   a house of our (very) ~ une maison (bien) à nous.

3. transitive verb avoir (car, house, dog);
   she ~s three shops elle est propriétaire de trois magasins;
   who ~s that house? à qui est cette maison?

IDIOMS:

to get one's ~ back se venger (on sb de qn);
on one's ~ tout seul/toute seule.

own up

avouer.

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'own' found in these entries:

English:

accord - business - class - device - expense - fair - fault - foot - free will - hold - initiative - interest - kind - limitation - making - mind - pay - set - trumpet - use - very - way - will - with - world

French:

affaire - aile - avouer - chacun - chef - condition - couverture - écouter - ennuyé - établir - façon - faux - gonfler - goút - installer - justice - limite - livrer - maître - manière - mêler - mon - monnaie - mousser - mur - nôtre - nous - occuper - oignon - parler - part - péril - piquer - posséder - propre - propriétaire - rang - regarder - seul - sien - sujet - tête - version - votre - vouloir

own: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
own	vtr	(have)	avoir, posséder vtr ⇒ ⇒
Do you own a computer?
Avez-vous (or: Possédez-vous) un ordinateur ?
own	adj	(possessed by)	propre adj
My own car is not nearly as nice as yours.
Ma propre voiture est loin d'être aussi belle que la vôtre.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
own	adj	(intensifier)	propre adj
I saw it with my own eyes!
Je l'ai vu de mes propres yeux !
own	pron	(with my, his, etc.)	le mien pron poss
Your car's much nicer than my own.
Votre voiture est plus belle que la mienne.
own	vi	(confess)	reconnaître vtr ⇒
			avouer vtr ⇒
He owned up about "borrowing" the car.
Il reconnut avoir emprunté la voiture.
Il avoua avoir emprunté la voiture.
own	vtr	(admit)	admettre vtr ⇒
			avouer vtr ⇒
			reconnaître vtr ⇒
He owned that he was the one who broke it.
Il admis être celui qui l'avait cassé.
Il avoua être celui qui l'avait cassé.
Il reconnut être celui qui l'avait cassé.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
at your own discretion			à votre propre discrétion
at your own discretion			à ta propre discrétion
at your own initiative			de ta propre initiative
be your own boss			être son propre patron
do on your own		v	faire qch tout seul
from my own experience			d'après mon expérience
go your own way		v	aller son propre chemin
in its own way			à sa façon
in your own way			à votre façon
live one's own little world		v	vivre dans sa bulle
make your own		v	faire votre propre ⇒
make your own way		v	se débrouiller seul
mind your own business			mêle-toi de tes affaires
mind-your-own-business		v	mêle-toi de tes oignons
mind-your-own-business		v	occupe-toi de ce qui te regarde
my own			mon propre, ma propre
my own flesh and blood			chair de ma chair
of your own choice			de ton propre fait
of your own free will			de ta propre volonté
on its own			à part
on one's own		attrib	seul (sans compagnie)
own account			compte propre
own choice		nm	propre choix
own free will			propre volonté
own free will (of one's)		phrase	propre volonté (de sa)
own initiative		nf	propre initiative
own responsibility		nf	propre responsabilité
own up		v	avouer ⇒ (avoir fait qch)
see with your own eyes		loc verbale	voir par soi-même
take the law into your own hands		v	faire justice soi-même
your own choice		phrase	ton propre choix
your own level			ton propre niveau
your own level			votre niveau personnel
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "own".

'in the safety of one's own home'
“cognitive systems with a logic and language of their own”
"I own you"
"in their own right"
"lease to own" or "rent to own"
"make my own way"
"responsible for its own demise"
"which came into its own in 2000...."
a bride after my own heart
a market left on its own fails
A mind of its own
a mind of their own
A minute on my own
a reputation of his own
a secret of his own
a style of its own
a woman after my own heart
abandoning one's own child
Alex realised that he was being selfish and that he should consider everyone's feelings, not just his own...
all I want is my own car
all its own
all on their own
an errand of mercy is its own protection
an errand of mercy is its own protection
An internal eye spies me on my own
apart from their own three-chord manifestos
as well as her own
as well as its own logistics and transport resources
as well as other pets of his own
at sb's own pace
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