belonging in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for belonging in the English»French Dictionary

belong [Brit bɪˈlɒŋ, Am bəˈlɔŋ] VB intr

1. belong (be the property of):

to belong to

appartenir à

don't take what doesn't belong to you

ne prends pas ce qui ne t'appartient pas or qui n'est pas à toi

we belong to each other

nous appartenons l'un à l'autre

2. belong (be member of):

to belong to family, generation, party, union

appartenir à

to belong to club, society, gang, set

faire partie de

to belong to library

être inscrit à

3. belong (have its proper place):

belong

aller

where do these books belong?

où vont ces livres?

it doesn't belong on this shelf

cela ne va pas sur cette étagère

put it back where it belongs

remets-le à sa place

4. belong (fit in):

belong person:

être à sa place

you don't belong here

tu n'es pas à ta place ici

everybody wants to belong

tout le monde veut avoir sa place quelque part

I don't feel I belong anywhere

j'ai l'impression de n'être nulle part à ma place

to give immigrants a sense of belonging

donner aux immigrés le sentiment de faire partie du pays

we belong together

nous sommes faits pour être ensemble

5. belong LAW:

it belongs to sb to do

il appartient à qn de faire

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rightfully claim, belong

en droit

truly be, belong, think

vraiment

England is where I truly belong

l'Angleterre est ma vraie patrie

Translations for belonging in the French»English Dictionary

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associatif (associative) LAW, SOCIOL personne

belonging to an association

un sentiment d'appartenance

a sense of belonging

religieuse cloîtrée

nun belonging to an enclosed order

taux de syndicalisation

percentage of the workforce belonging to unions

être du domaine de l'imaginaire

to belong to the realms of the imagination

appartenir à une religion déterminée

to belong to a given religion

appartenir à objet, propriété, capital:

to belong to

appartenir à victoire:

to belong to

belonging in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for belonging in the English»French Dictionary

belong [bɪˈlɒŋ, Am -ˈlɑ:ŋ] VB intr

1. belong (be the property):

to belong to sb

appartenir à qn

2. belong (be in right place):

belong

se ranger

to belong together

aller ensemble

to put sth back where it belongs

remettre qc à sa place

this doesn't belong here

cela n'a rien à faire ici

to belong to the family

faire partie de la famille

to belong to a club/church

appartenir à un club/une église

they make us feel we don't belong fig

ils nous font nous sentir étrangers

Translations for belonging in the French»English Dictionary

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mon appartenance à une famille

my belonging to a family

être affilié à un syndicat

to belong to a union

appartenir à qn

to belong to sb

dépendre de qc terrain

to belong to sth

être étranger à la famille

not to belong to the family

se placer devant/à côté de qc meuble, objet, obstacle

to belong in front of/next to sth

être à qn

to belong to sb

aller à la cave

to belong in the cellar

belonging Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to belong to sb

appartenir à qn

to belong together

aller ensemble

this doesn't belong here

cela n'a rien à faire ici

to belong to the family

faire partie de la famille

to belong to a club/church

appartenir à un club/une église

they make us feel we don't belong fig

ils nous font nous sentir étrangers

to belong in front of/next to sth

se placer devant/à côté de qc meuble, objet, obstacle

not to belong to the family

être étranger à la famille

belonging Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

Translations for belonging in the French»English Dictionary

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sentiment d’appartenance

feeling of belonging

identité communautaire

sense of belonging to a community

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is money and other valuables belonging to an individual or business.

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The farmland ownership structure shows the overbalance of the farmland belonging to private properties (82%) over the state farmland (18%).

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In 1991, the health resort operated twenty-five sanatoria, including ten belonging to the trade unions; the number of beds totaled over 10,000.

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Outside of this area, the monsters belonging to the rune knight's troop become weaker.

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Slim loved belonging to this community, even though his strange appearance often got local residents looking at him askance.

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In reality, unsuspecting investors send money to a foreign bank where it's eventually transferred to an offshore account belonging to the con artist.

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They say the money for the loan repayment came from other bailout funds housed in an escrow account belonging to the company.

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At first, his entire stock consisted of some old books belonging to his father, amounting to thirteen feet of shelf space and worth no more than a few pounds.

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And as liquidators pore over the company's affairs, the house belonging to the owners of the failed franchise is on the market for $1.35 million.

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As well as the documents, a gold nugget belonging to the pope and a check made out to the pontiff were found in a shoebox.

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