Multiple Entries: soutenant soutenir Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:soutenir /sutniʀ/ (conjugate⇒) - transitive verb
- gen to support [person, team, currency];
~ à bout de bras to keep [sb/sth] afloat [person, project];
~ qn contre qn to side with sb against sb;
~ le moral de qn to keep sb's spirits up; - to maintain [contrary];
to defend [paradox];
to uphold [opinion]; - to keep [sb] going;
- to keep [sth] going [conversation];
to keep up [effort, pace]; - to withstand [shock, attack, stares];
to bear [comparison]; - ~ sa thèse to have one's viva (voce) GB or defense US.
- se soutenir reflexive verb (+ v être) to support each other.
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| soutenant | (academic dissertation) | nm | defender |
| soutenant | (academic thesis) | nm | defender | | Principal Translations |
| soutenir ⇒ | (maintenir que) | v | argue (reason) | | | | Additional Translations: |
| soutenir | | v | stick by |
| soutenir | | v | standby |
| soutenir | | v | support (hold up, back) |
| soutenir | | v | give support |
| soutenir | | v | backup (providing support) |
| soutenir | | v | stand up to (withstand) |
| soutenir | (adhérer à) | v | uphold (support) |
| soutenir | (aider) parti, candidat | v | support (back) |
| soutenir | (corroborer) | v | corroborate (sustain) |
| soutenir | (donner son approbation) | v | back (support, approve of) |
| soutenir | (étayer, entretoiser) | v | undergird (étayer, entretoiser) |
| soutenir | (résister à) | v | withstand |
| soutenir | (servir d'appui à) | v | hold up (support) |
| soutenir | | v intr | rally round |
| soutenir | (maintenir une affirmation) | vi | insist (maintain) |
| soutenir | | vtr | keep up (sustain) |
| soutenir | (ami, thèse) | vtr | defend (support) |
| soutenir | (porter) sens propre | vtr | bolster (prop up) | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| ligne à soutenir (Pêche) | nf | hand line (Fishery) |
| ligne à soutenir (Pêche) | nf | hand-line (Fishery) |
| ne pas soutenir | v | not hold up |
| on peut soutenir que | loc | arguably |
| soutenir une conversation | v | carry on a conversation | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "soutenant".
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