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wonder

1. noun
   1. (miracle) merveille f;
      to do or work ~s faire des merveilles (for pour;
      with avec);
      (it's) no ~ that he's late (ce n'est) pas étonnant qu'il soit en retard;
   2. (amazement) émerveillement m.

2. transitive verb (ask oneself) se demander;
   I ~ how/why/whether je me demande comment/pourquoi/si;
   (as polite request) I ~ if you could help me? pourriez-vous m'aider?;
   it makes you ~ cela donne à penser;
   it makes you ~ why c'est à se demander pourquoi.

3. intransitive verb
   1. (think) to ~ about sth/about doing sth penser à qch/à faire qch;
   2. (be surprised) to ~ at sth s'étonner de qch;
      (admiringly) s'émerveiller de qch.

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'wonder' found in these entries:

English:

gaze - if - lazily - when - whether

French:

demander - émerveiller - être - interroger - merveille - miracle - quel - trafiquer - trouver

wonder: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
wonder	vtr	(ask oneself, be curious to know)	se demander vpr ⇒
I wonder if wine can be made from cherries. Let me look on the Internet.
Je me demande si on peut faire du vin avec des cerises. Je vais aller vérifier sur internet.
wonder	vtr	(polite request) question polie	se demander vpr ⇒
I wonder if you would be interested in buying this car over here.
Je me demande si vous ne seriez pas intéressé par l'achat de cette voiture là-bas.
wonder	n	(amazement)	émerveillement nm
The child's wonder at the kaleidoscope never ended.
Le kaléidoscope procurait à l'enfant un émerveillement infini.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
wonder	adj	(miraculous)	miracle adj inv
Penicillin was once considered a wonder drug.
La pénicilline était autrefois considérée comme un médicament miracle.
wonder	n	(cause of amazement)	merveille nf
This baby has been such a wonder for us.
Ce bébé a été une telle merveille pour nous.
wonder	n	(miracle)	merveille nf
The waterfall is one of the wonders of the modern world.
La cascade est l'une des merveilles du monde moderne.
wonder	vi	(be amazed)	s'émerveiller vpr ⇒
			être émerveillé vi
He could not believe what he saw. He just wondered at it.
Il ne pouvait en croire ses yeux. Il s'émerveillait.
Il ne pouvait en croire ses yeux. Il était émerveillé.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
fill with wonder		v	émerveiller ⇒
in wonder			avec émerveillement
wonder about		v	hésiter ⇒
wonder whether		v	se demander si
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "wonder".

a one-hit wonder
awe and wonder
Bit of a boy wonder
do I wonder
Do you ever wonder
EN: I wonder who/whom he takes after - grammaire
exactly how secret do they think that is? We could make them wonder
For a wonder
FR: I wonder if + futur simple où antérieur - grammaire
FR: makes us wonder what will happen next - grammaire
FR: wonder what could have offended him - grammaire
Frowning wonder
I couldn't help but wonder why some people couldn't simply respect the right to privacy of others
I just wonder how to say..
I wonder how much longer I'll be up on a roof cleaning out my eaves troughs
I wonder if
I wonder if she loves me as much as I love her?
I wonder if you can read
I wonder what happened
I wonder what it's like to be...
I wonder what she looks like now
I wonder what this does
I wonder what would have happened to him
I wonder where he\she is going?
I wonder why?
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In wonder
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