sooner in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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soon [Brit suːn, Am sun] ADV

3. soon (early):

soon
tôt
we arrived too soon
nous sommes arrivés trop tôt
soon enough
assez tôt
the sooner the better
le plus tôt sera le mieux
the sooner we leave, the sooner we'll get there
plus nous partirons tôt et plus nous y serons vite
as soon as possible
dès que possible
I spoke too soon!
j'ai parlé trop vite!
as soon as you can
dès que tu pourras
as soon as he arrives
dès qu'il arrivera
she didn't arrive as soon as we had hoped
elle n'est pas arrivée aussi vite que nous l'espérions
sooner or later
tôt ou tard
all too soon the summer was over
l'été est passé bien trop vite
tomorrow at the soonest
demain au plus tôt
and not a moment too soon!
il était temps!
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old habits soon reassert themselves
les vieilles habitudes reprennent vite le dessus

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sitôt après (peu de temps)
soon after
elle est arrivée sitôt après
she arrived soon afterwards
sitôt que
as soon as
sitôt qu'ils arriveront
as soon as they come
sitôt leur arrivée
as soon as they come
sitôt dit, sitôt fait dated
no sooner said than done
prochainement
soon
‘prochainement sur vos écrans’
‘coming soon to a cinema near you’ Brit
‘prochainement sur vos écrans’
‘coming soon to a theater near you’ Am
tôt
soon, early
le plus tôt possible
as soon as possible
le plus tôt serait le mieux
the sooner the better
si je l'avais su plus tôt
if I had known sooner ou earlier
il est trop tôt pour décider
it's too soon to decide
trop tôt après qc
too soon after sth
tôt ou tard
sooner or later
tu n'étais pas plus tôt parti qu'il est arrivé
no sooner had you left than he arrived
j'aurai tôt fait de le réparer
it won't take me long to mend it, I'll soon have it mended
bientôt
soon
je reviens ou reviendrai bientôt
I'll be back soon
ce départ, c'est pour bientôt?
are you leaving soon?
bientôt, on pourra aller sur la lune
before long ou soon we'll be able to travel to the moon
à bientôt
see you soon
on est bientôt servis?
are we going to be served soon?
à bientôt le plaisir de vous lire
I look forward to hearing from you soon
mais, bientôt, tout recommença
but soon it all started again
c'est bientôt Noël
it's nearly Christmas, it'll soon be Christmas
aussitôt arrivé/descendu de l'avion
as soon as ou the moment he arrived/got off the plane
un tableau, aussitôt acheté, n'a plus d'intérêt pour lui
no sooner has he bought a painting than he loses interest in it
elle n'avait pas aussitôt quitté la pièce qu'il entra
no sooner had she left the room than he came in
aussitôt dit aussitôt fait
no sooner said than done
aussitôt que
as soon as, the moment
aussitôt qu'il m'a vue, il m'a souri
as soon as ou the moment he saw me, he smiled at me
je viendrai aussitôt que possible
I'll come as soon as possible
elle partit aussitôt qu'elle put
she left as soon as she could
‘tu es déjà prête!’ ironisa-t-il
‘ready so soon!’ he said ironically
elle viendra forcément tôt ou tard
she is bound to come sooner or later
les pompiers alertés sont arrivés rapidement
the firemen arrived soon after being alerted

sooner in the PONS Dictionary

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sooner [ˈsu:nəʳ, Am -ɚ] ADV

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no sooner sb has done sth, than ...
à peine qn a-t-il fait qc que ...

Translations for sooner in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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tôt
soon
plus tôt
sooner
le plus tôt possible
as soon as possible
tôt ou tard
sooner or later
pas plus tôt ... que
no sooner ... than
aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait
no sooner said than done
aussitôt que qn a fait qc
as soon as sb has done sth
prochainement
soon
bientôt
soon
à bientôt!
see you soon!
sitôt entré/arrivé
as soon as he came in/arrived
sitôt dit, sitôt fait
no sooner said than done
à la prochaine!
see you soon!
la cicatrisation de cette égratignure sera rapide
the scratch will soon scar over

sooner Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it can happen sooner than you think
ça peut se produire plus tôt que ce que tu penses
the sooner the better
le plus tôt sera le mieux
it was bound to happen sooner or later
cela devait arriver tôt ou tard
no sooner sb has done sth, than ...
à peine qn a-t-il fait qc que ...
sooner or later
tôt ou tard
the sooner the better
le plus tôt sera le mieux
no sooner said than done
c'est plus vite dit que fait
I would rather/sooner do sth
je préférerais faire qc
the sooner, the better
le plus tôt sera le mieux
you could have told us sooner!
tu aurais pu nous le dire plus tôt!
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Also, for industries, planned obsolescence stimulates demand by encouraging purchasers/putting them under pressure to buy sooner if they still want a functioning product.
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No sooner had the tyres started to squeal on that first bend, he was in the gravel.
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The sooner the prices tumble down, the better.
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In this way, it was envisaged that the transition to solo flying in the single-seater could be made sooner.
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While female koalas usually live this long, males may die sooner because of their more hazardous life.
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The other involved a prosecutor who apologized for not telling the public defender sooner about witness payments in a capital case.
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Sooner or later you have to move on from those dramatic archetypes and talk about the meaning that can be found in the quotidian realm.
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Executions must be carried out no sooner than one year after the sentencing.
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Little did they know that the cold front would be far colder and would arrive much sooner than expected.
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No sooner than he had eaten the bananas, the landlord started writhing with intense pain in his stomach.
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