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US - UKFor the verb: "to read"
| Simple Past: | read |
| Past Participle: | read |
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
read
- transitive verb
- gen lire;
to ~ sb's mind lire dans les pensées de qn;
- (at university) faire des études de (history, French);
- relever (meter).
- gen lire;
- intransitive verb lire (to sb à qn).
lire [qch] à haute voix.
read up: to ~ up on sth/sb étudier qch/qn à fond.
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| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (text) | lire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| I read the newspaper every day. | |||||||||
| Je lis le journal chaque jour. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (measure: indicate) mesure | indiquer, marquer vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| The thermometer reads 22 degrees. | |||||||||
| Le thermomètre indique (or: marque) 22 degrés. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (interpret) | interpréter vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| I read the article as critical of the government. What do you think? | |||||||||
| J'interprète l'article comme étant une critique du gouvernement. Qu'en pensez-vous ? | |||||||||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||||||||
| read | n | colloquial (experience of reading) | lecture nf | ||||||
| This mystery story is a good read - full of excitement. | |||||||||
| Cette histoire policière est une lecture agréable pleine de rebondissements. | |||||||||
| read | vi | (read written matter) | lire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| She reads every night before going to sleep. | |||||||||
| Elle lit tous les soirs avant de s'endormir. | |||||||||
| read | vi | (be able to read) | savoir lire vi ⇒ | ||||||
| My grandmother can't read. | |||||||||
| Ma grand-mère ne sait pas lire. | |||||||||
| read | vi | (know a language) connaissance d'une langue | lire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| I can speak and understand spoken French, but I can't read. | |||||||||
| Je parle et je comprends le français, mais je ne sais pas le lire. | |||||||||
| read | vi | (read aloud) | lire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| The teacher read aloud, and the children listened. | |||||||||
| Le professeur lisait à haute voix et les élèves écoutaient. | |||||||||
| read | vi | (have a given wording) | se lire vpr ⇒ | ||||||
| Listen closely to the wording, and note how it reads. | |||||||||
| Écoutez la phrase avec attention et notez bien comment elle se lit. | |||||||||
| read | vi | (learn of by reading) apprendre par la lecture | lire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| As far as philosophy is concerned, I prefer to read rather than attend classes. | |||||||||
| Pour ce qui est de la philosophie, je préfère lire plutôt qu'aller aux cours. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (speak text aloud) à haute voix | lire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| She read the joke to us. | |||||||||
| Elle nous a lu la blague. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (be able to understand) pouvoir comprendre | lire vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| He can read Russian. | |||||||||
| Il lit le russe. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (understand by observing) comprendre par l'observation | lire, reconnaître vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| She read the skies for signs of a storm. | |||||||||
| Elle lisait (or: reconnaissait) dans le ciel les signes précurseurs de l'orage. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (infer) | interpréter, comprendre vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| I'm not sure I read the same meaning from his comments that you do. | |||||||||
| Je ne suis pas sûr d'interpréter (or: de comprendre) ses commentaires de la même manière que vous. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (to study) | étudier vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| My son is reading Classics at Cambridge University. | |||||||||
| Mon fils étudie les lettres classiques à l'Université de Cambridge. | |||||||||
| read | vtr | (rebuke) | réprimander, sermonner vtr ⇒ ⇒ | ||||||
| Note: "Read the riot act" est une expression idiomatique faisant référence au "Riot Act of 1714" et qui signifie réprimander sévèrement. | |||||||||
| His boss read the riot act to him. | |||||||||
| Il s'est fait réprimander (or: sermonner) par son patron. | |||||||||
| Améliorer les traductions "{0}" ci-dessus. | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||||||||
| best-read | plus cultivé | ||||||||
| book read | livre lu | ||||||||
| lip-read | v | lire sur les lèvres | |||||||
| little-read | adj | peu lu | |||||||
| read again | v | relire ⇒ | |||||||
| read and write ability | nf | capacité de lire et d'écrire | |||||||
| read between the lines | v | lire entre les lignes | |||||||
| read easily | v | lire facilement | |||||||
| read head | nf | tête de lecture | |||||||
| read in | v | lire en | |||||||
| read into | v | interpréter ⇒ | |||||||
| read law | v | faire son droit | |||||||
| read mode | nm | mode de lecture | |||||||
| read tea-leaves (to read the tea-leaves) | v | lire dans le marc de café | |||||||
| read the small print (to read the small print) | lire tous les petits détails | ||||||||
| read up | v | étudier ⇒ | |||||||
| read-only memory (computing) | nf | mémoire morte (informatique) | |||||||
| read-out (computing) | nm | affichage (informatique) | |||||||
| read-write access (computing) | nm | accès en lecture-écriture (informatique) | |||||||
| read-write head | nf | tête de lecture-écriture | |||||||
| sight-read | v | déchiffrer ⇒ (Musique) | |||||||
| well-read (cultivé; instruit) | adj | lettré | |||||||
| well-read (éclairé; cultivé) | adj | instruit | |||||||
| widely read | largement lu, couramment lu | ||||||||
| Report an error. | |||||||||
Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "read".
...I was read it as a child.
...When I read that you lived there.
{ Grammar << Please Read Me First >> / Grammaire << À Lire Avant De Participer >> } - grammaire
{ Vocabulary << Please Read Before Posting >> / Vocabulaire << À lire attentivement >> }
"to read for" (audition, theater term)
A good read
A must-read
according to what I read
after having read it
after having read it
All I have to do is read that book.
Although I can read french, I still don't speak it well
always read the question out loud (aloud)
an advert which read
An article I read has influenced me to talk about this
as I read this book, I recalled a number of bitter memories
At first, when i had just read the question...
at which one can read the story
began to read
being read
blood pressure read successfully
challenging and enriching read
Children are read to
Congratulations on your graduation! No more papers to write or articles to read.
Customer Read KB users
Do you read any books by French authors?
Do you read me?
Do you want me to read it out loud?
Do you want to read a book?
EN: I read / I've read - grammaire
Suite...
...When I read that you lived there.
{ Grammar << Please Read Me First >> / Grammaire << À Lire Avant De Participer >> } - grammaire
{ Vocabulary << Please Read Before Posting >> / Vocabulaire << À lire attentivement >> }
"to read for" (audition, theater term)
A good read
A must-read
according to what I read
after having read it
after having read it
All I have to do is read that book.
Although I can read french, I still don't speak it well
always read the question out loud (aloud)
an advert which read
An article I read has influenced me to talk about this
as I read this book, I recalled a number of bitter memories
At first, when i had just read the question...
at which one can read the story
began to read
being read
blood pressure read successfully
challenging and enriching read
Children are read to
Congratulations on your graduation! No more papers to write or articles to read.
Customer Read KB users
Do you read any books by French authors?
Do you read me?
Do you want me to read it out loud?
Do you want to read a book?
EN: I read / I've read - grammaire
Suite...
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