Tower of London in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Tower of London in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for Tower of London in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

Translations for Tower of London in the English»French Dictionary

London [Brit ˈlʌndən, Am ˈləndən]

I.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r] N (gen)

II.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r] VB intr

III.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r]

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

Tower of London in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Tower of London in the English»French Dictionary

I.tower [ˈtaʊəʳ, Am ˈtaʊɚ] N

II.tower [ˈtaʊəʳ, Am ˈtaʊɚ] VB intr

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It is named after the Tower of London.
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He was captured in 1645 and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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However, he managed to make a celebrated escape from the Tower of London by changing clothes with his wife's maid the day before his execution.
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It is not recorded whether he passed that way again on his way to the headsman block in the Tower of London.
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This boy was kept confined in the Tower of London.
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Afterwards he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for some twenty-two months, eventually being charged with high treason.
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Today, they act as tour guides at the Tower of London.
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However, despite this cordial welcome, he was soon arrested and detained in the Tower of London as a spy.
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More handwrote the last which reads in the Tower of London while awaiting his execution.
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He then spent a time imprisoned in the Tower of London, from early 1663.
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