meantime in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for meantime in the English»French Dictionary

I.meantime [Brit ˈmiːntʌɪm, Am ˈminˌtaɪm] ADV

meantime → meanwhile

II.for the meantime ADV

for the meantime

pour le moment

III.in the meantime ADV

in the meantime → meanwhile

See also meanwhile

I.meanwhile [Brit ˈmiːnwʌɪl, Am ˈminˌ(h)waɪl] ADV

1. meanwhile (during this time):

meanwhile

pendant ce temps

meanwhile, cook the pasta (in recipe)

pendant ce temps, faire cuire les pâtes

Gerard, meanwhile, was cooking the dinner

Gérard, pendant ce temps, préparait le dîner

2. meanwhile (until then):

meanwhile

en attendant

meanwhile, if you have any questions…

en attendant, si vous avez des questions…

3. meanwhile (since or before then):

meanwhile

entre-temps

a lot had changed/could change meanwhile

beaucoup de choses avaient changé/pourraient changer entre-temps

4. meanwhile (by way of contrast):

meanwhile

au même moment

meanwhile in Paris…

au même moment à Paris…

II.in the meanwhile ADV

in the meanwhile

→ I.

Translations for meantime in the French»English Dictionary

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entre-temps

meanwhile, in the meantime

dans l'intervalle

meanwhile, in the meantime

j'attends les résultats, jusque-là je ne peux rien dire

I'm waiting to hear the results, until then ou in the meantime I have nothing to say

je te téléphone ce soir, d'ici là, tâche de te reposer

I'll phone you tonight, in the meantime try and rest

en attendant (pendant ce temps)

in the meantime

en attendant, je ferai mes courses

in the meantime, I'll do my shopping

pendant ce temps(-là)

meanwhile, in the meantime

meantime in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for meantime in the English»French Dictionary

meantime N

for the meantime

pour l'instant

in the meantime

pendant ce temps(-là)

Translations for meantime in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

mais en attendant

but in the meantime

meantime Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

for the meantime

pour l'instant

in the meantime

pendant ce temps(-là)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In the meantime, tienne and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price.

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In the meantime they would recruit others and do practice train robberies.

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In the meantime, surviving workers returning from the war recommenced automobile production, on a very small scale, using prewar designs.

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And in the meantime, you have significant volatility as the market assesses the probability the hybrids may need to be converted or the call date may be deferred.

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In the meantime, he went to trade school and worked for a couple of years as an auto mechanic and heavy machine operator.

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In the meantime, don't be fooled by the banks' game of three-card monte.

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This case would last seven years, with the government continuing the operation of APL in the meantime.

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In the meantime he has published several short stories and translated several comic books.

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In the meantime, in the general expansion of university education in the postwar period, history was generally neglected.

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You're going to change a lot in the meantime.

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