begging in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for begging in the English»French Dictionary

begging bowl N

begging bowl

sébile f

begging letter N

begging letter

lettre f de sollicitation

question-begging N PHILOS

question-begging

pétition f de principe

I.beg <pres part begging; pret, pp begged> [Brit bɛɡ, Am bɛɡ] VB trans

1. beg (solicit):

beg food, money

demander (from à)

2. beg (request):

beg favour, permission

demander (from, of à)

to beg sb for sth

demander qc à qn

I begged his forgiveness

je lui ai demandé de me pardonner

to beg to be chosen

demander à être choisi

to beg leave to do

demander la permission de faire

I beg your pardon

je vous demande pardon

I beg to differ

je ne suis pas du même avis

3. beg (entreat):

beg person

supplier (to do de faire)

‘stop, I beg (of) you!’

‘arrêtez, je vous en supplie!’

4. beg (leave unresolved):

beg problem, question

éluder

II.beg <pres part begging; pret, pp begged> [Brit bɛɡ, Am bɛɡ] VB intr

1. beg (solicit):

beg person:

mendier (from à)

beg dog:

faire le beau

to beg for money, food

mendier

2. beg (request):

beg

demander

to beg for help, patience

demander

3. beg (entreat):

beg

implorer

to beg for sth

implorer qc

to beg to be spared/to be forgiven

implorer la clémence/le pardon

III.beg [Brit bɛɡ, Am bɛɡ]

to beg the question

laisser de côté le problème de fond

these apples are going begging

personne ne veut de ces pommes

beg off VB [Brit bɛɡ -, Am bɛɡ -]

beg off

s'excuser de ne pas pouvoir venir

Translations for begging in the French»English Dictionary

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sébile

begging bowl

tendre la sébile

to beg

mendicité

begging

vivre de la mendicité

to beg for a living

en être réduit à la mendicité

to be reduced to begging

mendier

to beg for

mendier qc auprès de qn

to beg sb for sth

mendier

to beg

quémander

to beg

quémander qc auprès de qn

to beg sth from sb, to beg sb for sth

mendigoter

to beg

begging in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for begging in the English»French Dictionary

I.beg <-gg-> [beg] VB trans

1. beg (seek charity):

beg

quémander

to beg sb's pardon

s'excuser auprès de qn

I beg your pardon?

je vous demande pardon?

2. beg (humbly request):

beg

implorer

to beg leave to +infin form

solliciter l'autorisation de +infin

to beg sb to +infin

supplier qn de +infin

I beg to inform you that...

il me faut vous informer que...

Phrases:

to beg the question

faire l'impasse sur l'essentiel

II.beg <-gg-> [beg] VB intr

1. beg (seek charity):

beg

mendier

to beg for sth

mendier qc

2. beg (humbly request):

beg

implorer

I beg of you to +infin

je vous supplie de +infin

to beg for mercy

demander grâce

I beg to differ form

permettez-moi d'être d'un autre avis

3. beg (sit up):

beg dog

faire le beau

Phrases:

to go begging

être disponible

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I beg your pardon?

pardon?

I beg your pardon!

je vous demande pardon!

he is not above begging

il irait jusqu'à mendier

Translations for begging in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

mendicité

begging

mendier

to beg

mendier de l'argent/du pain

to beg for money/bread

supplier qn de +infin

to beg sb to +infin

faire la manche

to beg

quémander qc

to beg for sth

pardon?

(I beg your) pardon?

je vous en conjure!

I beg you!

begging Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I beg your pardon?

pardon?

I beg your pardon!

je vous demande pardon!

to beg leave to +infin form

solliciter l'autorisation de +infin

to beg sb to +infin

supplier qn de +infin

I beg to inform you that...

il me faut vous informer que...

I beg of you to +infin

je vous supplie de +infin

I beg to differ form

permettez-moi d'être d'un autre avis

to go begging

être disponible

to sit up and beg

faire le beau

he is not above begging

il irait jusqu'à mendier

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Someday those magazines are going to be "begging" me for an interview.

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A mendicant usually has a begging bowl and pair of tongs, which are useful for kindling afire.

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They follow him everywhere, they are begging, they are groveling.

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The animal arrives half-starved, begging for food, but the brat cruelly sends him off to find some ants, though the anteater finds none.

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One source relates that, during the siege's bleakest days, the young prince would wander about the castle garrison, begging the servants and men-at-arms for bits of bread.

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As she is led to the gallows, however, her survival instinct kicks in, and she violently resists her guards, begging not be hanged.

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He established a house where he wisely tended to the needs of the sick poor, at first doing his own begging.

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Most blind people were found begging in public places or left stranded at home to eat, breathe and do nothing until they die.

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Everybody was obliged to work; loafing and begging were rejected.

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Martin's prose is concise but pithy, begging to be devoured over and over again.

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