photo finish in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for photo finish in the English»French Dictionary

photo finish N

photo finish (result)

arrivée f départagée au photo-finish

photo finish (picture)

photo-finish f

Translations for photo finish in the English»French Dictionary

I.finish <pl finishes> [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ] N

1. finish (end):

finish

fin f

from start to finish

du début (jusqu')à la fin

it will be a fight to the finish lit

ce sera un combat à mort

it will be a fight to the finish fig

la partie va être serrée

to be in at the finish

assister au dénouement

2. finish SPORTS:

finish

arrivée f

it was a close finish

l'arrivée a été serrée

an athlete with a good finish

un athlète bon au sprint final

3. finish (surface, aspect):

finish (of clothing, wood, car)

finition f

finish (of fabric, leather)

apprêt m

a car with a metallic finish

une voiture métallisée

paint with a matt/silk finish

peinture mate/satinée

a wine with a smooth finish

un vin épanoui

II.finish [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ] VB trans

1. finish (complete):

finish chapter, sentence, task

finir, terminer

finish building, novel, sculpture, opera

terminer, achever

to finish doing

finir de faire

I must get this report finished

il faut que je finisse or que je termine ce rapport

2. finish (leave):

finish work, studies

finir

I finish work at 5.30 pm

je finis (le travail) à 17 h 30

she finishes school/university next year

elle finira l'école/l'université l'année prochaine

3. finish (consume):

finish cigarette, drink, meal

finir

who finished all the biscuits?

qui a fini les biscuits?

4. finish (put an end to):

finish career

briser

5. finish (exhaust, demoralize):

finish inf

achever inf

person that long walk finished me!

cette longue promenade m'a achevé! inf

this news nearly finished him

cette nouvelle a failli l'achever inf

III.finish [Brit ˈfɪnɪʃ, Am ˈfɪnɪʃ] VB intr

1. finish (end):

finish conference, programme, term:

finir, se terminer

finish holidays:

se terminer

the meeting finishes at 3 pm

la réunion se termine à 15 h

the film finishes on Thursday

le film ne passe plus à partir de jeudi

I'll see you when the concert finishes

je te verrai à la fin du concert

wait until the music finishes

attends la fin du morceau (de musique)

as the concert was finishing

alors que le concert touchait à sa fin

after the lecture finishes we'll have lunch

nous déjeunerons quand la conférence sera terminée

I'm waiting for the washing machine to finish

j'attends que ma lessive soit finie

2. finish (reach end of race):

finish

arriver

my horse finished first

mon cheval est arrivé premier

the horse/the athlete failed to finish

le cheval/l'athlète n'a pas fini la course

3. finish (conclude):

finish speaker:

finir (de parler), conclure

he won't let me finish

il ne me laisse pas finir (de parler)

let me finish

laissez- moi finir (de parler)

she finished with a quotation

elle a conclu par une citation

4. finish (leave employment):

I finished at the bank yesterday

j'ai quitté mon travail à la banque hier

IV.finished ADJ

1. finished:

beautifully finished furniture, interior etc

avec des finitions soignées

interior finished in marble/grey

intérieur avec des finitions en marbre/finitions grises

walls finished in blue gloss

murs laqués bleu

the finished product

le produit fini

2. finished (accomplished):

finished performance

accompli

3. finished (ruined):

finished

fini, fichu inf

as a boxer he's finished

en tant que boxeur il est fini or fichu inf

after the scandal her career was finished

après le scandale, sa carrière était finie

photo [Brit ˈfəʊtəʊ, Am ˈfoʊdoʊ] N

photo

photo f

See also photograph

I.photograph [Brit ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf, Am ˈfoʊdəˌɡræf] N

photograph

photo f

in the photograph

sur la photo

to take a photograph of sb/sth

prendre qn/qc en photo, prendre une photo de qn/qc

he takes a good photograph (he is photogenic)

il est photogénique, il est bien en photo

he takes a good photograph (he takes good photographs)

il prend de bonnes photos

I have a photograph of her

je l'ai en photo, j'ai une photo d'elle

II.photograph [Brit ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf, Am ˈfoʊdəˌɡræf] VB trans

photograph

photographier, prendre [qn/qc] en photo

III.photograph [Brit ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf, Am ˈfoʊdəˌɡræf] VB intr

to photograph well person:

être photogénique, être bien en photo

photo finish in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for photo finish in the English»French Dictionary

photo finish N SPORTS

photo finish

photo-finish f

Translations for photo finish in the English»French Dictionary

I.finish [ˈfɪnɪʃ] VB intr

1. finish (cease, conclude):

finish

se terminer

2. finish (go on talking):

finish

finir (de parler)

3. finish SPORTS:

finish

finir

II.finish [ˈfɪnɪʃ] VB trans

finish

finir

to finish doing sth

finir de faire qc

III.finish [ˈfɪnɪʃ] N

1. finish SPORTS:

finish

arrivée f

2. finish (conclusion of process):

finish

fin f

from start to finish

du début jusqu'à la fin

3. finish (quality):

finish

fini m

finish on furniture

finition f

photo <-s> [ˈfəʊtəʊ, Am ˈfoʊt̬oʊ] N inf

photo abbreviation of photograph

photo

photo f

See also photograph

I.photograph [ˈfəʊtəgrɑ:f, Am ˈfoʊt̬oʊgræf] N

photograph

photo(graphie) f

colour/black-and-white photograph

photo couleur/noir et blanc

to take of photograph of sb/sth

prendre une photo de qn/qc

II.photograph [ˈfəʊtəgrɑ:f, Am ˈfoʊt̬oʊgræf] VB trans

photograph

photographier

III.photograph [ˈfəʊtəgrɑ:f, Am ˈfoʊt̬oʊgræf] VB intr

to photograph well

être bien en photo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He was denied a bronze medal in the 100m final by a photo finish, but won a silver medal in the 4x100m relay.

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Unlike a film based photo finish, there is no delay from developing the film, and the photo finish is available immediately.

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Usually, a photo finish can determine the placings, but at times it is impossible to separate the horses.

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There she won a bronze medal in a photo finish in the 1,000 m.

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There was a nail-biting photo finish for the third place.

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The track was one of the first in the country to install a photo finish camera and a starting gate.

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In the event of a tie, they would have a photo finish.

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The race comes down to a photo finish.

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During the race, the other horses competing are distracted by a photo finish.

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The photo of the finish was later used for instruction in the use of photo finish devices.

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