dwelt in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dwelt in the English»French Dictionary

dwelt [Brit dwɛlt, Am ˌwɛlt] VB pt VB pp

dwelt → dwell

See also dwell

dwell <pret, pp dwelt> [Brit dwɛl, Am dwɛl] VB intr liter

1. dwell (live):

dwell

habiter, demeurer liter (in dans)

2. dwell fig, liter:

to dwell in mind, heart

demeurer dans

to dwell in person

habiter

dwell <pret, pp dwelt> [Brit dwɛl, Am dwɛl] VB intr liter

1. dwell (live):

dwell

habiter, demeurer liter (in dans)

2. dwell fig, liter:

to dwell in mind, heart

demeurer dans

to dwell in person

habiter

I.dwell on VB [Brit dwɛl -, Am dwɛl -] (dwell on [sth])

dwell on (talk about)

s'étendre sur

dwell on (think about) person, mind:

s'attarder sur

to dwell on the past

ruminer le passé

don't dwell on it!

ne rumine pas là-dessus!

Translations for dwelt in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

misérabilisme

tendency to dwell on the dark side

faire du misérabilisme

to dwell on the dark side

s'appesantir orateur, invité:

to dwell on the subject

s'appesantir sur

to dwell on

ne vous appesantissez pas sur des détails

don't dwell on details

ressasser regrets, malheurs

to dwell on

s'attarder sur contenu, point, aspect, chiffres

to dwell on

je suis navré de m'attarder sur ce point

I'm really sorry at having to dwell on this point

habiter

to dwell in

n'insistons pas sur cette question délicate

let's not dwell on this delicate question

s'étendre sur sujet, point

to dwell on

dwelt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dwelt in the English»French Dictionary

dwelt [dwelt] VB

dwelt pp, pt of dwell

See also dwell

dwell <dwelt [or -ed], dwelt [or -ed]> [dwel] VB intr form

dwell

résider

to dwell with sb

habiter avec qn

dwell <dwelt [or -ed], dwelt [or -ed]> [dwel] VB intr form

dwell

résider

to dwell with sb

habiter avec qn

dwell on VB intr

1. dwell on (pay attention to):

dwell on

s'étendre sur

2. dwell on (do sth at length):

dwell on

s'attarder sur

Translations for dwelt in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

ressasser des pensées moroses

to dwell on morbid thoughts

s'éterniser sur un sujet

to dwell endlessly on a subject

dwelt Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to dwell with sb

habiter avec qn

to dwell endlessly on a subject

s'éterniser sur un sujet

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

As goddess of the crowns she was a snake or a lion-headed woman and dwelt in the state sanctuary.

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They dwelt in tents, wandered about in the wilderness, wore a short skin girdle about their loins and their heads were shaven.

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Most of the time, though, his mind dwelt in the past.

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The wounds inflicted on the victim are never dwelt on, and seldom used as clues.

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Technobabble also occurs in soft science fiction, although here it is frequently just a throw-away part of the world and not dwelt on.

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His cell was a hut of wood, and round it his disciples, who soon numbered eighty, dwelt in caves and huts.

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They dwelt continually on the cruelties of a few hard taskmasters and ignored the good people who had the welfare of their dependants at heart.

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The fossils represent the triradially symmetrical mineralised tube in which the organism dwelt; it was sedentary.

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They dwelt in an obscure rural village, and had no musical training.

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According to his poems, the deity dwelt on top of a mountain.

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