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New Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:tomber1 /tɔ̃be/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb (+ v être) - gen to fall;
[person, chair] to fall over;
[tree, wall] to fall down;
(from height) [person, vase] to fall off;
[hair, teeth] to fall out;
[plaster, covering] to come off;
~ du lit/de ma poche to fall out of bed/out of my pocket;
le vent a fait ~ une tuile du toit the wind blew a tile off the roof;
se laisser ~ dans un fauteuil to flop into an armchair;
laisser ~ un gâteau sur le tapis to drop a cake on the carpet; - [rain, snow, theatre curtain] to fall;
[fog] to come down;
qu'est-ce que ça tombe! (familiar) it's pouring down!;
la foudre est tombée sur un arbre the lightning struck a tree; - [price, temperature] to fall;
[anger] to subside;
[fever] to come down;
[wind] to drop;
[day] to draw to a close;
[conversation] to die down;
faire ~ to bring down [price, temperature];
to dampen [enthusiasm];
je tombe de sommeil I can't keep my eyes open; - [dictator, regime, city] to fall;
[obstacle] to vanish;
faire ~ to bring down [regime, dictator];
figurative to break down [barriers]; - [belly] to sag;
[shoulders] to slope; - [lock of hair] to fall;
~ bien/mal [garment, curtain] to hang well/badly; - ~ dans un piège figurative to fall into a trap;
~ sous le coup d'une loi to fall within the provisions of a law;
~ aux mains or entre les mains de qn [document, power] to fall into sb's hand;
~ malade/amoureux to fall ill/in love; - [decision, verdict] to be announced;
[news] to break;
[reply] to be given; - ~ sur to come across [stranger, object];
to run into [friend];
~ sur la bonne page to hit on the right page;
si tu prends cette rue, tu tomberas sur la place if you follow that street, you'll come to the square; - c'est tombé juste au bon moment it came just at the right time;
tu ne pouvais pas mieux ~! you couldn't have come at a better time!;
you couldn't have done better!;
tu tombes mal, j'allais partir you're unlucky, I was just about to leave;
il faut toujours que ça tombe sur moi! (familiar) (decision, choice) why does it always have to be me?;
(misfortune) why does it always have to happen to me?; - [birthday] to fall on [day];
- laisser ~ to give up [job, activity];
to drop [plan, habit];
laisse ~! forget it!;
laisser ~ qn to drop sb;
to let sb down; - ~ sur qn [soldiers, thugs] to fall on sb;
[raiders, police] to descend on sb.
tomber2 /tɔ̃be/ masculine noun hang;
ce velours a un beau ~ this velvet hangs well. Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples. ' tomber' found in these entries: tomber: WordReference French-English Dictionary © 2008
| tomber | | v | fall ⇒ (lose office) |
| tomber | | v | descend on |
| tomber | (baisser) | v | drop off |
| tomber | (basculer) | v | topple (fall down) |
| tomber | (basculer par-dessus) | v | topple over |
| tomber | (couler) | v | drop (sink) |
| tomber | (dégringoler) | v | tumble |
| tomber | (descendre) | v | fall (descend) |
| tomber | (être capturé) | v | fall (be captured) |
| tomber | (mourir) | v | fall (die) |
| tomber | (personne, popularité) | v | fall off |
| tomber | (précipiter) | v | fall (precipitate) |
| tomber | (rencontrer par hasard) | v | stumble on (encounter) |
| tomber | (s'effondrer, pleuvoir) | v | come down |
| tomber | (survenir) | v | fall (occur) |
| tomber | (tomber verticalement) | v | drop (fall vertically) |
| tomber | (voiture, avion) | v | crash (to have an accident) | | Compound Forms/Formes composées | | faire tomber | v | strike down | | faire tomber quelqu'un | v | hook in | | faire tomber un record | v | break the record | | glisser et tomber | v | slip down | | glisser et tomber | v | slip over | | laissant tomber | v | letting down | | laisse tomber | | skip it | | laisser tomber | | drop it | | laisser tomber | | drop out | | laisser tomber (abandonner) (familier) | loc v | scrap (reject, abandon, dispose of) | | laisser tomber | v | let drop | | laisser tomber | v | let it pass | | laisser tomber | v | drop down | | laisser tomber | v | drop (let fall) | | laisser tomber (mari, épouse, emploi…) (familier) | vtr | ditch (husband, wife, job…) colloquial | | laisser tomber qqn | | walk out on | | laissé tomber (un ami, une relation amoureuse etc.) | pp | dropped (dump (girl/boyfriend)) | | laissé tomber (une activité) | pp | dropped (give up (activity, etc)) | | ne plus avoir la cote/tomber en disgrâce | | in the doghouse | | plaquer, laisser tomber | | jack in | | sur le point de laisser tomber | | ready to drop | | tomber (vent) | v | die-away | | tomber amoureux de | v | fall for | | tomber amoureux de | v | become infatuated with | | tomber amoureux de | v | fall in love with | | tomber amoureux fou de | v | fall head over heels for (fall in love) | | tomber à bras raccourcis sur (familier) | v | set on (set on somebody) | | tomber à l'eau | v | fizzle out | | tomber dans | v | walk into | | tomber dans l'escarcelle de qqn | v | get caught in sb's net | | tomber dans l'escarcelle de qqn | v | wind up in sb's pocket | | tomber dans l'oreille d'un sourd | v | deaf ears (fall on) | | tomber dans les pommes | v | swoon | | tomber dans les pommes (familier) | v | faint (pass out) | | tomber dessus | v | light into | | tomber dessus | v | come down on | | tomber en décrépitude | v | decay | | tomber en désuétude (droit) | v | lapse law | | tomber en désuétude | v | fall into abeyance | | tomber en désuétude | v | fall into disuse | | tomber en désuétude | v | become obsolete | | tomber en désuétude | v | become obsolete | | tomber en disgrâce auprès de qqn | v | fall into disfavour with sb | | tomber en panne | v | breaking down | | tomber en panne | v | breaking down | | tomber en rade | v | break down, run out of gas | | tomber en ruine | v | fall apart | | tomber en syncope (tomber en syncope) | v | faint (pass out) | | tomber malade | v | taken ill | | tomber malade | v | become sick | | tomber malade | v | come down with | | tomber malade | v intr | sicken | | tomber mort | v | drop dead | | tomber par hasard sur | v | stumble upon (stumble upon something) | | tomber par terre | v | fall over | | tomber pile | v | bang on | | tomber sur | v | tumble on | | tomber sur | v | chance on | | tomber sur | v | chance upon | | tomber sur | v | come upon | | tomber sur (personne) (par hasard) | v | meet (person) by chance | | tomber sur le dos | v | come down on | | tomber sur, trouver | v | hit up | | tomber sur, trouver | v | hit upon | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot "tomber".
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