| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| straight | adj | (not curved) | droit adj |
| Is this a straight line or does it curve? |
| Est-ce une ligne droite, ou courbe-t-elle ? |
| straight | adj | (direct) | direct adj |
| This is a straight flight to New York, with no side trips or stops. |
| C'est un vol direct jusqu'à New York, sans escales. |
| straight | adj | (in order) | traduction non disponible |
| Give me a minute so I can get these papers straight. |
| straight | adj | (heterosexual) | hétéro adj |
| Though he was straight, some people thought he was gay. |
| Bien qu'il soit hétéro, certains croient qu'il est homo. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| straight | adj | (hair: not curly) | raide adj |
| She has straight, shoulder-length hair. |
| Elle a des cheveux raides qui descendent jusqu'aux épaules. |
| straight | adj | (honest) | sincère, franc adj |
| I don't try to tell you what I think you want to hear, just the straight answers. |
| Je ne te dis pas ce que tu veux entendre mais te donne des réponses sincères (or: franches). |
| straight | adj | (conventional) | conventionnel adj |
| This company has a fairly straight business model. They sell clothes. |
| Cette compagnie suit un modèle d'affaires conventionnel. Ils vendent des vêtements. |
| straight | adj | (logical, clear) | traduction non disponible |
| If you follow his straight steps, the game will work. |
| straight | adj | (horizontal or vertical) | droit adj |
| Is this painting on the wall straight or is it leaning to the left? |
| Est-ce que ce tableau sur le mur est droit ou bancal ? |
| straight | adj | (consecutive) | consécutif adj |
| The team celebrated their tenth straight win. |
| L'équipe célébra sa dixième victoire consécutive. |
| straight | adj | (consistent) | traduction non disponible |
| We called him in to testify three times, and he always kept his story straight. |
| straight | adj | (unmixed, undiluted) | pur adj |
| I drink my whisky straight, without any mixers. |
| Je bois mon whisky pur, avec aucune autre boisson. |
| straight | adj | (not using alcohol or drugs) | traduction non disponible |
| I used to have a problem with drugs, but I have now been straight for five years. |
| straight | adj | (not comic) | sérieux adj |
| He said it with a straight face, so I don't think he was joking. |
| Il l'a dit avec une expression sérieuse, donc je ne pense pas qu'il plaisantait. |
| straight | adv | (from a source) | directement adv |
| Did you hear that straight from the source, or was it through somebody else? |
| T'as entendu ça directement de la personne en question, ou par quelqu'un d'autre ? |
| straight | adv | (directly) | directement adv |
| He went straight to the shop, having heard that the jeans were on sale. |
| Il alla directement au magasin, après avoir entendu que les jeans étaient en solde. |
| straight | adv | (in the same direction) | traduction non disponible |
| After we were told that we were going in the right direction, we continued straight. |
| straight | adv | (correctly) | correctement adv |
| Do I have the story straight? Is that the way it goes? |
| Ai-je bien compris correctement ? Ça marche de cette façon ? |
| straight | adv | (on target) | droit adv |
| The missile flew straight to its target. |
| Le missile alla droit au but. |
| straight | adv | (right, immediately) | immédiatement adv |
| After hearing the decision, he went straight to his boss to talk about it. |
| Après avoir entendu la décision, il alla directement voir son patron pour en discuter. |
| straight | n | (straight line) | ligne droite nf |
| You need to draw a curved line here, and then two straights. |
| Tu dois dessiner une courbe ici et puis deux lignes droites. |
| straight | n | (of a racecourse) | ligne droite nf |
| The horses finished the curve and headed into the final straight. |
| Les chevaux arrivaient au bout de la courbe et couraient vers la dernière ligne droite. |
| straight | n | (sports: series) | traduction non disponible |
| The home team is in the middle of a seven-game straight. |
| straight | n | (poker hand) jeu : poker | quinte nf |
| He won the poker hand with a straight in diamonds. |
| Il gagna la main au poker avec une quinte à carreau. |
| straight | n | (conservative person) | réactionnaire nm |
| My mother will not approve of my new piercing - she is such a straight! |
| Ma mère n'approuve pas mon piercing - c'est une vraie réactionnaire. |
| straight | n | (heterosexual) | hétéro nm |
| My gay friend prefers to hang out with straights. |
| Mon ami qui est homo préfère sortir avec des hétéros. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| all straight | | | en bon ordre |
| back straight | | | le dos droit nm |
| be straight | | | être hétérosexuel |
| be straight | | | être honnête |
| dead straight | | | très droit adj |
| go straight | | | aller tout droit v |
| go straight on | vi | (continue directly ahead) | continuer tout droit vi |
| Go straight on this highway until you reach the exit for the airport. |
| Continuez tout droit jusqu'au feu puis tournez à droite. |
| go straight on | vi | informal (continue to do sth) | persister (à faire) vi |
| go straight on to | | | aller tout droit à v |
| head straight for | | | avancer v |
| in a straight line | adv | (directly) | tout droit loc adv |
| Just walk in a straight line and you will see it soon. |
| Continuez tout droit et vous serez arrivés. |
| keep a straight face | v | informal (look serious, avoid smiling) | garder son sérieux loc v |
| I couldn't keep a straight face when she said she was a virgin. |
| It was difficult to keep a straight face when I played that prank on my coworkers. |
| Elle a eu du mal à garder son sérieux quand il a dit qu'il était fidèle. |
| leave the straight and narrow | | | se dévoyer v |
| set straight | vtr | figurative (correct, clarify sth for) | rectifier qch vtr |
| I used to think that NY was the capital of America until my friend Paul set me straight (and told me it was Washington) |
| J'ai rectifié une petite erreur dans son article. |
| | | corriger⇒ vtr |
| | | reprendre⇒ vtr |
| Reprends-moi si je me trompe : tu as vraiment cassé mon ordinateur ? |
| shoot straight | | | tirer tout droit / tirer en plein v |
| stand up straight | | | tenez-vous droit ! phrase |
| straight across | adv | (directly opposite) | juste en face loc adv |
| Straight across from the bank is the diner I like to eat lunch at. |
| Je t'attends au restaurant, celui dont tu parlais et qui se trouve juste en face de la banque. |
| | fam | pile en face loc adv |
| | | directement à l'opposé de loc adv |
| straight across | prep | (right over) | traverser directement vi + adv |
| I ran straight across the street to visit my neighbor, who was in urgent need of help. |
| straight ahead | adv | (directly in front) | tout droit adv |
| She looked straight ahead in order to avoid eye contact with him. |
| | | droit devant adv |
| Elle regardait droit devant elle pour éviter de croiser son regard. |
| straight and narrow | | figurative meaning (the) sens figuré | voie étroite nf |
| straight and narrow | | (to keep to the) | suivre le droit chemin v |
| straight as an arrow | adj | informal (direct, unwavering) | clair adj |
| He speaks straight as an arrow, unlike politicians. |
| | | franc adj |
| straight as an arrow | adj | slang (honest, not criminal) fam | réglo adj |
| | fam | clean adj |
| | fam | nickel adj |
| Tu peux lui faire confiance, il est nickel. |
| | | honnête adj |
| | fig, fam | blanc comme neige adj |
| straight away | adv | (immediately) | tout de suite adv |
| Je fais ça tout de suite. |
| straight edge | | | règle plate graduée nf |
| straight face | | | air sérieux nm |
| straight flush | n | (poker: run of five cards) | quinte flush nf |
| straight hair | n | (hair which has no curl) | cheveux raides nmpl |
| Most Amer-Indians have dark straight hair. |
| Rachel a les cheveux raides alors que sa mère a les cheveux frisés. |
| | | cheveux lisses nmpl |
| Rebecca ne sait plus quoi faire pour avoir des cheveux lisses. |
| straight line | n | (long mark with no curves) | ligne droite nf |
| I can't draw a straight line without using a guide. |
| The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. |
| La plus courte distance entre deux points est la ligne droite. |
| straight off | adv | informal (immediately) | tout de suite adv |
| I'll mail that package straight off to make sure it gets there on time. |
| | fam | de suite adv |
| Je n'ai pas pu intervenir de suite et après j'ai oublié ce que je voulais dire... |
| | fam | illico adv |
| Je dois filer illico, sinon la banque va fermer. |
| | | sur le champ adv |
| straight on | adv | (directly ahead) | tout droit adv |
| Just go straight on, the church is on the left. |
| Vous continuez tout droit sur 500 mètres et la mairie est à gauche. |
| straight out | adv | (in plain speaking) fam | tout de go loc adv |
| He asked me straight out if I had another boyfriend. |
| Il m'a dit tout de go : « Mademoiselle, nous ne nous connaissons certes que depuis cinq minutes, mais je suis déjà sûr de mes sentiments : voulez-vous m'épouser ? » |
| | pop | direct adv |
| Il m'a demandé direct si je sortais avec quelqu'un. |
| | fam | carrément adv |
| | | sans ambages loc adv |
| | | sans prendre de gants loc adv |
| | | franchement adv |
| straight through | adv | (directly) | directement adv |
| straight through | adv | (without stopping ) | sans s'arrêter loc adv |
| straight through | prep | (without stopping in (place), during (time)) | sans s'arrêter à loc prép |
| Il est passé sans s'arrêter à la frontière. |
| straight up | adv | (directly upwards) | directement au-dessus loc adv |
| If you look straight up in the August night sky, you should see the constelation Orion. |
| The firework shot straight up in the air and exploded in a blaze of sparks. |
| straight up | adj | slang (alcohol: neat) boisson alcoolisée | sec adj |
| Je préfère le whisky sec. |
| | | pur adj |
| | | non dilué adj |
| straight up | adv | slang (alcohol: served neat) | sec adj |
| Le whisky se boit plus souvent sec que le pastis. |
| straight up | adj | slang (honest, trustworthy) fam | réglo adj |
| That preacher is as straight up as they come. |
| | | droit adj |
| | | honnête adj |
| straight up | adv | slang (honestly) | franchement adv |
| Tell me straight up, does this dress make me look fat? |
| | | honnêtement adv |
| | courant | carrément adv |
| La robe de Josiane était vraiment moche et son mari lui a dit carrément ! |
| straight-chain | n | (chemistry: unbranched chain of organic molecules) chimie | chaîne linéaire nf |
| Le butane est un hydrocarbure à chaîne linéaire. |
| straight-faced | | | l'air sérieux |
| straight-laced | | | collet-monté adj |
| straight-line | | continuel, invariable | constant adj |
| straight-out | | | ranche adj |
| straight-out | | | franc adj |
| the straight and narrow | | | rien d'illégal phrase |
| the straight and narrow | | figurative figuré | la voie étroite nf |
| wander from the straight and narrow | | sens figuré | s'égarer du droit chemin v |
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