want:

English definition | in Italian | in Spanish conjugator | in context | images

 Écouter US - UK
Multiple Entries:
  want    want sb  

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

want

1. noun
   1. (need) besoin m;
   2. (lack) défaut m;
      for ~ of à défaut or faute de;
      it's not for ~ of trying ce n'est pas faute d'avoir essayé.

2. transitive verb
   1. (desire) vouloir;
      I ~ (as general statement) je veux;
      (would like) je voudrais;
      (am seeking) je souhaite;
      I don't ~ to je n'en ai pas envie;
      (flat refusal) je ne veux pas;
      to ~ to do vouloir faire;
      to ~ sb to do vouloir que qn fasse;
   2. (colloquial)(need) avoir besoin de;
   3. (require presence of) demander;
      if anyone ~s me si quelqu'un me demande;
      you're ~ed on the phone on vous demande au téléphone;
      to be ~ed by the police être recherché/-e par la police.

3. intransitive verb to ~ for manquer de.

Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples.

'want' found in these entries:

English:

all - any - badly - burden - can - either - eye - fancy - feel - it - just - need - that - tie - to - what - whenever - wherever - which - whichever - wish - with

French:

abuser - beurre - celui - dernier - désirer - dire - emmener - envie - faire - faute - homme - manquer - mourir - ni - pas - peau - plutôt - privation - quand - que - qui - refaire - risquer - si - tenir - tête - travailler - vouloir - voulu

want: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
want	vtr	(desire) volonté	vouloir vtr ⇒
		souhait	désirer vtr ⇒
I want to eat.
Je veux manger.
Je désire manger à présent.
want	vtr	(need) nécessité	devoir aux
		nécessité	il faut que v imp
You want to arrive there before the film starts.
Tu dois être là avant le début du film.
Il faut que tu sois là avant le début du film.
want	vi	(wish) volonté	vouloir vtr ⇒
		souhait	aimer, souhaiter vtr ⇒ ⇒
I want to be a doctor.
Je veux être médecin.
J'aimerais (or: Je souhaiterais) devenir médecin.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
want	n	(lack)	faute de prép
For want of a knife, he cut with his fork.
Faute de couteau, il a utilisé sa fourchette pour couper.
want	n	(desire) sexuel	désir nm
He looked at her with want in his eyes.
Il la regarda avec désir.
want	vtr	(lack)	manquer v imp
			manquer vi ⇒
Everyone else is here, but we are wanting Daniel.
Tous les autres sont là, mais il nous manque Daniel.
Tous les autres sont là. Seul Daniel manque.
want	vtr	(request the presence) requérir la présence	vouloir vtr ⇒
		requérir la présence	demander vtr ⇒
I want you here by nine o'clock tonight.
Je te veux ici à neuf heures ce soir.
* Le patron demande à te voir.
want	vtr	(require, ask) achat	vouloir vtr ⇒
Note: Il est préférable de dire "je voudrais". "je veux" est assez impoli.
Hello. I want film for my camera, please.
Bonjour. Je veux une pellicule pour mon appareil, s'il vous plaît.
want	vtr	usu. passive (for crime, by police) police	rechercher vtr ⇒
He is wanted by the police.
Il est recherché par la police.
Améliorer les traductions "{0}" ci-dessus.

want sb: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Compound Forms/Formes composées
be in want			être dans le besoin
do you want		clause	voulez-vous
free from want (adj)		phrase	à l'abri du besoin
How do you want to do this?			Comment on fait ? colloquial
in want			avoir besoin
in want of			avoir besoin de
in want of		nf	faute de
want ad			petite annonce
want it all			tout vouloir
want it all (familier)		expr	avoir les dents qui rayent le parquet humour
want list			liste de recherche
want list (Can)		nm pl	livres demandés (domaine de l'édition)
want sb		nf	envie de qn, avoir (désir sexuel)
want to know		v	vouloir savoir ⇒
Report an error.

want sb

nf

envie de qn, avoir (désir sexuel)

Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "want".

... that you want to view
...if we want to save ourselves from the consequences of global warming
...to make you not want to speak to me
...which leads him to want to...
'to really want sthn'
"I want to grow up to be just like him."
"I want to make my mum proud of me"
"Want something badly enough"
"We want to hear from you! Take our e-survey!
A little prayer. My god, help me to want what i have, rather
a want of
Advertisements for weight loss centres often convince us that success is guaranteed for those who really want it
all I want for Christmas is you
all I want for Christmas is you
all I want is my own car
all that you want and more
all the inhabitants want to get it
All you want me to be, I can be
also want
Although I understand that if I want a good education and career prospects
And that being said, that makes me want you to be
And why would you want to?
Anything one could ever want to know
anytime you want
Are you sure you want to lock your system
Are you sure you want to resign?
Are you sure you want to set up these samples?
as good as you want to be
as many AS YOU WANT
as much as you want
Suite...

• Pour poser la question dans les forums
• Pour visiter le forum Français-Anglais.

In other languages: Spanish | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Ajouter la barre de recherche dans WordReference à votre page d'accueil Google :

	Google.com
Français:
Universal:

Ajouter WordReference à votre barre de recherche Firefox :