post room in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for post room in the English»French Dictionary

I.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm] N

1. room (closed area):

room (for living)

pièce f

room (for sleeping)

chambre f

room (for working)

bureau m

room (for meetings, teaching, operating)

salle f

a three room apartment

un appartement de trois pièces

the room fell silent

tout le monde se tut

in the next room

dans la pièce d'à côté

‘rooms to let’

‘chambres à louer’

room 159

la chambre 159

room and board

chambre avec repas

he gets room and board

il est logé (et) nourri

2. room U (space):

room

place f (for pour, to do pour faire)

to make room

faire de la place

to take up room

prendre de la place

to be short of room

manquer de place

3. room (opportunity):

room for improvement/doubt

possibilité f d'amélioration/de doute

room for manoeuvre

marge f de manœuvre

II.rooms N npl dated

1. rooms (rented):

rooms

meublé m

2. rooms Brit UNIV:

rooms

chambre f d'étudiant

III.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm] VB intr Am

room

loger

to room with sb

loger chez qn

we room together

nous habitons ensemble

IV.-roomed COMP

4-roomed

de 4 pièces

V.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm]

there is always room at the top

quand on veut réussir dans la vie on peut

I.post [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] N

1. post ADMIN (job):

post

poste m (as comme, of de)

administrative post

poste m administratif

defence post

poste m à la défense

management post

poste m de cadre

party post

poste m au parti

to hold a post

occuper un poste

to have/fill a post

avoir/remplir un poste

to take up a post

prendre un poste

to offer sb a post

proposer un poste à qn

2. post Brit (mail):

post (system)

poste f

post (letters)

courrier m

post (delivery)

distribution f

to send sth/notify sb by post

envoyer qc/avertir qn par la poste

(to reply) by return of post

(répondre) par retour du courrier

to put sth in the post

mettre qc à la poste

it was lost in the post

cela s'est égaré dans le courrier

to get sth through the post

recevoir qc par la poste

your cheque is in the post

votre chèque est au courrier

is there any post for me?

est-ce que j'ai du courrier?

has the post come yet?

est-ce que le courrier est arrivé?

to deal with/answer one's post

s'occuper de/répondre à son courrier

it came in today's post

il est arrivé par la poste aujourd'hui

has the post gone yet?

le courrier est-il déjà parti?

please take this letter to the post

voulez-vous me poster cette lettre?

to catch/miss the post

ne pas manquer/manquer la levée

3. post (duty, station) (gen) MIL:

post

poste m

at one's post

à son poste

to remain at one's or in post

demeurer à son poste

4. post (pole) (gen) HORSE RAC:

post

poteau m

starting/finishing post

poteau m de départ/d'arrivée

beaten at the post

battu au poteau

to be the first past the post HORSE RAC

être le premier à l'arrivée

to be the first past the post fig POL

obtenir la majorité

5. post (in soccer):

post

montant m des cages

6. post (for stagecoach):

post dated

poste f

7. post:

post (on blog)

post m

post (in response to article)

réaction f

II.post- COMP

post-

post-

post-1992, things changed

après 1992, les choses ont changé

in post-1992 Europe

dans l'Europe d'après 1992

in the post-Cold War years

dans les années qui ont suivi la guerre froide

III.post [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans

1. post Brit:

post (send by post)

poster or expédier (par la poste)

post (put in letterbox)

mettre [qc] à la poste

2. post (stick up):

post notice, poster, rules

afficher

post details, results

annoncer

to be posted missing in action

être porté disparu au combat

post no bills

défense d'afficher

3. post MIL:

post (gen) (send abroad)

affecter (to à)

to be posted overseas/to a unit

être affecté outre-mer/à une unité

4. post (station) (gen) MIL:

post guard, sentry

poster

5. post Am LAW:

post bail

fournir

6. post (in accounting):

post entry

inscrire

post ledger

tenir [qc] à jour

7. post (on blog):

post

publier

post message, link, image

poster

IV.post [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB intr HISTORY

post

voyager par la poste

V.post [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst]

to keep sb posted (about sth)

tenir qn au courant (de qc)

to be left at the post

rester sur la touche

post room in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for post room in the English»French Dictionary

post room N Brit

post room

bureau m de poste

Translations for post room in the English»French Dictionary

I.room [ru:m] N

1. room:

room (in house)

pièce f

room (in house)

place f Belg, Nord

room (bedroom)

chambre f

room (classroom, meeting room)

salle f

room (for work)

bureau m

room and board

chambre et pension

2. room no pl (space):

room

place f

to take up room

prendre de la place

there's not enough room to swing a cat

il n'y a pas de place pour se retourner

3. room no pl (possibility):

room

marge f

to have room for sth

avoir une marge de qc

to have room for improvement

pouvoir mieux faire

II.room [ru:m] VB intr

to room with sb Am (share a room)

partager une chambre avec qn

post PREP

post

post

post-communism

post-communisme

post-communist Russia

la Russie de l'après-communisme

a post-concert dinner

un dîner après le concert

I.post¹ [pəʊst, Am poʊst] N no pl Brit

1. post (mail):

post

courrier m

the second post

la seconde livraison (de courrier)

2. post (postal system):

post

poste f

by post

par la poste

the cheque's in the post

le chèque vient de partir

II.post¹ [pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans Brit, Aus

post

poster

I.post² [pəʊst, Am poʊst] N

1. post (job/place where someone works):

post

poste m

to take up a post

entrer en fonction

2. post MIL:

post

poste m

II.post² [pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans

post

poster

to post oneself somewhere

se poster quelque part

to be posted somewhere

être affecté quelque part

Phrases:

to post bail for sb Am

payer la caution de qn

I.post³ [pəʊst, Am poʊst] N

1. post (pole):

post

poteau m

2. post (stake):

post

pieu m

3. post SPORTS:

post

poteau m

II.post³ [pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans

post Brit, Aus:

post

annoncer

Phrases:

to keep sb posted

tenir qn au courant

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The trailer units were delivered with three different layouts: with standard seating, with seating and a freight room, and with seating and a freight and post room.

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The gym complex and post room were burnt to the ground and firefighters spent all night and the following day tackling the blazes.

www.mirror.co.uk

The package containing the spiral-bound book never reached the psychiatrist however and sat unopened in a post room.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Another former inmate said staff had taken parcels directly from the post room to a prisoner without them being scanned.

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Declining in popularity perhaps, as firms these days become less hierarchical, the org chart can shed light on the labyrinthine links between the post room staff and the company chairman.

www.theregister.co.uk

Part of a post room on the first floor was damaged by fire.

www.bbc.co.uk

The house was built with a brick core, wood frame post rooms, a cabinet/loggia, and front gallery.

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The boys from the post room were always coming up to the fifth floor.

www.radiotimes.com

There is now a backlog of 140,000 cases and a quick tour around the post room illustrates the complexity of the linguistic challenge alone.

www.bbc.co.uk

Customers are a mix, she says: bankers, post room workers and electricians.

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