over in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for over in the English»French Dictionary

I.over1 [Brit ˈəʊvə, Am ˈoʊvər] PREP Over is used after many verbs in English (change over, fall over, lean over etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (change, fall, lean etc.).
over is often used with another preposition in English (to, in, on) without altering the meaning. In this case over is usually not translated in French: to be over in France = être en France; to swim over to sb = nager vers qn.
over is often used with nouns in English when talking about superiority (control over, priority over etc.) or when giving the cause of something (delays over, trouble over etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate noun entry (control, priority, delay, trouble etc.).
over is often used as a prefix in verb combinations (overeat), adjective combinations (overconfident) and noun combinations (overcoat). These combinations are treated as headwords in the dictionary.
For particular usages see the entry below.

III.over1 [Brit ˈəʊvə, Am ˈoʊvər] ADJ ADV

See also trouble, priority, leave over, lean, fall away, fall, delay, control, change

I.trouble [Brit ˈtrʌb(ə)l, Am ˈtrəb(ə)l] Troubles N

1. trouble U (problems):

ennuis mpl

3. trouble (effort, inconvenience):

4. trouble:

histoires fpl inf
ennuis mpl

III.trouble [Brit ˈtrʌb(ə)l, Am ˈtrəb(ə)l] Troubles VB trans

V.trouble [Brit ˈtrʌb(ə)l, Am ˈtrəb(ə)l] Troubles

priority [Brit prʌɪˈɒrɪti, Am praɪˈɔrədi] N

I.leave over VB [Brit liːv -, Am liv -] (leave [sth] over)

I.lean [Brit liːn, Am lin] N (meat)

II.lean [Brit liːn, Am lin] ADJ

III.lean <pret, pp leaned or leant> [Brit liːn, Am lin] VB trans

IV.lean <pret, pp leaned or leant> [Brit liːn, Am lin] VB intr

I.fall [Brit fɔːl, Am fɔl] N

III.fall <pret fell, pp fallen> [Brit fɔːl, Am fɔl] VB intr

1. fall (come down):

9. fall ground → fall away

I.delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] N

II.delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] VB trans

III.delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] VB intr

I.control [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] N

1. control U (domination):

II.control <pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled> [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] VB trans

to control oneself refl < pres part controlling; pret, pp controlled>:

I.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ] N

1. change (alteration):

II.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ] VB trans

III.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ] VB intr

V.change [Brit tʃeɪn(d)ʒ, Am tʃeɪndʒ]

over2 [Brit ˈəʊvə, Am ˈoʊvər] N SPORTS

I.swap over VB [Brit swɒp -, Am swɑp -] Brit (swap over)

II.swap over VB [Brit swɒp -, Am swɑp -] Brit (swap [sth] over, swap over [sth])

I.board over VB [Brit bɔːd -, Am bɔrd -] (board [sth] over, board over [sth])

I.fork over VB [Brit fɔːk -, Am fɔrk -] (fork [sth] over, fork over [sth])

I.blow over VB [Brit bləʊ -, Am bloʊ -] (blow over)

II.blow over VB [Brit bləʊ -, Am bloʊ -] (blow [sb/sth] over)

I.stand over VB [Brit stand -, Am stænd -] (stand over) (be postponed)

II.stand over VB [Brit stand -, Am stænd -] (stand over [sb])

sweat over VB [Brit swɛt -, Am swɛt -] inf

I.take over VB [Brit teɪk -, Am teɪk -] (take over)

II.take over VB [Brit teɪk -, Am teɪk -] (take over [sth])

over in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for over in the English»French Dictionary

I.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] PREP

II.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] ADV

III.over [ˈəʊvəʳ, Am ˈoʊvɚ] ADJ inv

See also under

I.under [ˈʌndəʳ, Am -dɚ] PREP

II.under [ˈʌndəʳ, Am -dɚ] ADV

over Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to turn sth over and over
I repeated it over and over

over Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

Translations for over in the French»English Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The change wasn't announced over the Tannoy either.
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She is one of four athletes in the field to throw over 20m this year with a personal best of 20.19m last month.
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The agency expects growth to remain sluggish over the next few years.
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This comes to a high when she asks him to quit Delta Force because he always prioritizes his career over their family.
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When the bishop is fully vested he wears the epitrachil over the stikhar and under the zone, the sakkos and the omophor.
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A small diameter hand-held roller is manipulated forcefully over a sheet of molten glass to produce heavy ripples, while folding and creasing the entire sheet.
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Field studies have estimated that male pygmy hippos range over 1.85 km2, while the range of a female is between 0.4to(-)0.6 km2.
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Acorns has the largest retail chain among childrens hospices and in 2009-2010 they raised over 1,000,000.
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Over many years, realtors, the local newspaper, private pre-schools, and the rumor mill have steered middle class families away from the public schools.
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Complete absence of sleep over long periods has not been seen in humans (unless they suffer from fatal familial insomnia); it appears that brief microsleeps can not be avoided.
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