empty in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for empty in the English»French Dictionary

I.empties N

empties npl Brit inf:

empties (bottles)

bouteilles fpl vides

empties (glasses)

verres mpl vides

II.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] ADJ

1. empty (lacking people):

empty room, building, theatre, beach, street

désert

empty desk

libre

to stand empty house, office:

être inoccupé

2. empty (lacking contents):

empty container, pocket

vide

empty desktop

débarrassé

empty diary, page

vierge

empty stomach

vide

3. empty (unfulfilled):

empty promise, threat

en l'air

empty argument, dream, rhetoric

creux/creuse

empty gesture

vide de sens, dénué de sens

empty of meaning

vide de sens, dénué de sens

4. empty (purposeless):

empty life, days, person

vide (of de)

III.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] VB trans

empty → empty out

IV.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] VB intr

empty → empty out

See also empty out

I.empty out VB [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti -, Am ˈɛm(p)ti -] (empty out)

empty out building, container, public place, vehicle:

se vider

empty out river:

se jeter

empty out contents:

se répandre

II.empty out VB [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti -, Am ˈɛm(p)ti -] (empty [sth] out, empty out [sth])

1. empty out (clear):

empty out building, theatre, container, mind

vider

2. empty out (pour):

empty out liquid

verser

empty out substance, contents

vider

empty-handed [Brit ˌɛmptɪˈhandɪd, Am ˌɛm(p)tiˈhændəd] ADJ

empty-handed arrive, leave

les mains vides

empty-handed return

bredouille inv

to be empty-handed

avoir les mains vides

empty-headed [Brit, Am ˌɛm(p)tiˈhɛdəd] ADJ

empty-headed

écervelé

I.empty out VB [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti -, Am ˈɛm(p)ti -] (empty out)

empty out building, container, public place, vehicle:

se vider

empty out river:

se jeter

empty out contents:

se répandre

II.empty out VB [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti -, Am ˈɛm(p)ti -] (empty [sth] out, empty out [sth])

1. empty out (clear):

empty out building, theatre, container, mind

vider

2. empty out (pour):

empty out liquid

verser

empty out substance, contents

vider

Translations for empty in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

fadeurs

empty compliments

vidanger

to empty, to drain

vidanger

to empty

dégarni (dégarnie) compte en banque

empty

vacant (vacante) logement

vacant, empty

désespérément seul/vide

hopelessly lonely/empty

bredouille

empty-handed

revenir bredouille de la chasse/de la pêche/d'un championnat

to come back from hunting/from angling/from a championship empty-handed

empty in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for empty in the English»French Dictionary

I.empty <-ier, -iest> [ˈemptɪ] ADJ

1. empty (with nothing inside):

empty

vide

empty stomach

creux(-euse)

on an empty stomach

à jeun

2. empty AUTO:

empty

à vide

3. empty (without inhabitants):

empty

inoccupé(e)

4. empty FOOD:

empty calories

non calorique

5. empty (pointless):

empty gesture

futile

empty words

vain(e)

empty threat

en l'air

II.empty <-ies> [ˈemptɪ] N pl

empty

bouteilles fpl vides

empty

vidanges fpl Belg

III.empty <-ie-> [ˈemptɪ] VB trans

empty

vider

to empty one's bladder

uriner

IV.empty <-ie-> [ˈemptɪ] VB intr

1. empty:

empty

se vider

2. empty GEO river:

to empty into sth

se déverser dans qc

half-empty ADJ

half-empty

à moitié vide

empty-headed ADJ

empty-headed

sans cervelle

empty-handed ADJ

1. empty-handed:

empty-handed

les mains vides

2. empty-handed fig:

empty-handed

bredouille

empty weight N

empty weight

poids m à vide

empty out VB trans

empty out

vider

Translations for empty in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

bredouille

empty-handed

inhabité(e) appartement

empty

arme déchargée

empty gun

rêve illusoire

empty dream

empty Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

far from rich/empty

loin d'être riche/vide

on an empty stomach

à jeun

to empty one's bladder

uriner

to empty into sth

se déverser dans qc

to stand motionless/alone/empty

rester immobile/seul/vide

empty space

vide m

to empty the water from a bowl

vider un bassin de son eau

the hotel was nearly empty/quite quiet

l'hôtel était à peu près vide/calme

to be taken on an empty stomach

à prendre à jeun

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Rapid rises in property taxes tend to cause seniors and empty-nesters to sell their existing homes to families with children, which led to further increases to the school-age population.

en.wikipedia.org

It was closed and empty for the summer holidays.

en.wikipedia.org

She can't go up the stairs, so there's a commode to empty out.

www.thesudburystar.com

It becomes sensible from an initial quiescence or emptiness (wuji, sometimes symbolized by an empty circle), and continues moving until quiescence is reached again.

en.wikipedia.org

They claim that the oxygen cylinder supplied to the man was empty.

www.deccanherald.com

For example, 1 is the least element of the positive integers and the empty set is the least set under the subset order.

en.wikipedia.org

Without money, he also picked up the half-empty tubes left by careless students and used them to paint.

en.wikipedia.org

In many high-tech businesses, attrition of talented human resources often means an empty shell is left behind for the new owner.

en.wikipedia.org

The company is also actively seeking other tenants for what today is a half-empty mall that hasn't been updated for decades.

www.kamloopsnews.ca

The vulnerable abdomen is protected from predators by a salvaged empty seashell carried by the hermit crab, into which its whole body can retract.

en.wikipedia.org