nobody in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for nobody in the English»French Dictionary

I.nobody [Brit ˈnəʊbədi, Am ˈnoʊˌbɑdi, ˈnoʊˌbədi] PRON a. no-one When nobody is used as a pronoun it is almost always translated by personne.
When the pronoun nobody is the subject or object of a verb, the French requires ne before the verb (or auxiliary): nobody likes him = personne ne l'aime; I heard nobody = je n'ai entendu personne.
For examples and particular usages, see the entry below.

nobody

personne

‘who's there?’—‘nobody’

‘qui est là?’—‘personne’

nobody saw her

personne ne l'a vue

there was nobody in the car

il n'y avait personne dans la voiture

nobody but me

personne sauf moi

it's nobody's business but mine

ça ne regarde personne d'autre que moi

II.nobody [Brit ˈnəʊbədi, Am ˈnoʊˌbɑdi, ˈnoʊˌbədi] N

to be a nobody

être insignifiant

they're just nobodies

ils sont complètement insignifiants

I knew her when she was still a nobody

je la connaissais alors qu'elle n'était encore qu'une inconnue

III.nobody [Brit ˈnəʊbədi, Am ˈnoʊˌbɑdi, ˈnoʊˌbədi]

to work like nobody's business inf Brit

travailler comme un fou/une folle m/f

he's nobody's fool

on ne la lui fait pas inf

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predictably, nobody came

comme on pouvait s'y attendre, personne n'est venu

nobody, barring a madman

personne, à moins d'être fou

nobody foresaw her being elected

personne ne prévoyait qu'elle serait élue

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sans-grade

nobody

moins que rien nmf

good-for-nothing, nobody

un illustre inconnu

a perfect nobody

personne n'en a ou est réchappé

nobody came through it alive

on ne déplore aucune défection

nobody backed out

personne ne s'en est scandalisé

nobody raised any objections

nobody in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for nobody in the English»French Dictionary

I.nobody [ˈnəʊbədi, Am ˈnoʊbɑ:di] PRON indef pron, sing

nobody

personne

nobody spoke

personne n'a parlé

nobody but me

personne sauf moi

we saw nobody else

nous n'avons vu personne d'autre

he told nobody

il ne l'a dit à personne

II.nobody [ˈnəʊbədi, Am ˈnoʊbɑ:di] N inf

nobody

zéro m

those people are nobodies

ces gens sont des moins que rien

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nobody will be the wiser

personne n'en saura rien

I phoned but nobody answered

j'ai téléphoné mais personne n'a répondu

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pas d'affolement!

nobody panic!

personne

nobody

il n'y a personne

there's nobody there

personne d'autre

nobody else

une place sans presque personne

a place with nearly nobody

trouver porte close

to find nobody at home

l'attentat a été revendiqué par la Maffia/n'a pas été revendiqué

the Mafia/nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack

nul ne

nobody

personne ne vient

nobody comes

est-il permis d'être aussi bête!

nobody's any right to be that stupid!

nobody Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I phoned but nobody answered

j'ai téléphoné mais personne n'a répondu

nobody but me

personne sauf moi

we saw nobody else

nous n'avons vu personne d'autre

he told nobody

il ne l'a dit à personne

nobody was told why he left

personne n'a su pourquoi il était parti

nobody will be the wiser

personne n'en saura rien

she feels nobody listens to her

elle a l'impression que personne ne l'écoute

nobody at all

absolument personne

like nobody's business inf

extrêmement vite

nobody's any right to be that stupid!

est-il permis d'être aussi bête!

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English

Nobody denies that DNA profiling is at the very cutting edge of science, but, when corners are cut, those colourful little twirls of genetic code suddenly don't look so pretty.

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It was protest music in a way nobody had ever thought about before....

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I had this great idea and nobody wanted to listen to me.

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But nobody saves them and nobody knows where they are.

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Nobody was too sacred or too obscure to be called out and castigated.

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The university kept expanding but nobody did anything about the water.

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Nobody really has the cojones to wear that outfit usually.

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Since nobody wrote music that required those notes, why go to the expense of putting them in?

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However, nobody else voted for that proposal, and it was the only one that included him.

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And the interesting thing was nobody bought it.

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