home in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for home in the English»French Dictionary

I.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] N

1. home (dwelling):

home (gen)

logement m

home (house)

maison f

new homes for sale

logements neufs à vendre

he doesn't have a home

il n'a pas de logement

you have a beautiful home

vous avez une belle maison/un bel appartement

to be far from/near home

être loin de/près de chez soi

a home of one's own

un chez-soi

to work from home

travailler à domicile

to set up home in France/in Madrid

s'installer en France/à Madrid

I've made my home in France now

je suis installé or je vis en France maintenant

it's home to me now

je m'y sens chez moi

birds make their home in…

les oiseaux font leur nid dans…

his home has been a tent for the last two weeks

il habite dans une tente depuis deux semaines

the island is home to 3, 000 people

l'île abrite 3 000 personnes

2. home (for residential care):

home

maison f

retirement/nursing home

maison de retraite/de santé

to put sb in a home

mettre qn dans un établissement spécialisé

3. home (family base):

home

foyer m

to make a home for

créer un foyer pour

‘good home wanted’

‘cherche foyer accueillant’

to leave home

quitter la maison

to leave home attr life

de famille

to leave home surroundings, background

familial

to leave home comforts

du foyer

4. home (country):

home

pays m

to consider France (as) home

considérer la France comme son pays

5. home (source):

home of country, area: speciality

pays m de

home of jungle, region: species

habitat m de

6. home (place):

home fig, inf

place f

to find a home for book, object

trouver une place pour

II.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADJ

1. home (national):

home market, affairs

intérieur

home news

national

2. home SPORTS (local):

home match, win

à domicile

home team

qui reçoit

III.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADV

1. home come, go, arrive:

home (to house)

à la maison, chez soi

home (to country)

dans son pays

on the journey home (to house)

en rentrant à la maison

on the journey home (to apartment, room)

en rentrant chez moi/nous etc

on the journey home (by boat, plane)

pendant le voyage de retour

to see sb home

raccompagner qn à la maison

to take sb home (accompany)

raccompagner qn à la maison

to take sb home (to meet family)

amener qn à la maison

is she home?

est-ce qu'elle est à la maison?

is she home yet?

elle est déjà rentrée?

2. home (to required position, effect):

to hammer or drive sth home lit nail

enfoncer complètement

to hammer or drive sth home fig message

bien faire passer

to press or push one's point home

enfoncer le clou fig

to bring sth home to fig

faire voir qc à

to strike home fig

toucher juste

IV.at home ADV

1. at home (in house):

at home be, work, stay

à la maison

to live at home

habiter chez ses parents

at home and abroad

dans notre pays et à l'étranger

Madam is not at home dated

Madame ne reçoit personne

2. at home SPORTS (on own ground):

at home play

à domicile

they're at home on Saturday

ils jouent à domicile samedi

X are playing Y at home

X reçoit Y

3. at home (comfortable) fig:

at home be, feel

à l'aise (with avec)

make yourself at home

mets-toi à l'aise, fais comme chez toi

V.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] VB intr

home pigeon, animal:

home

savoir retourner chez soi

VI.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm]

it's/he's nothing to write home about

ça/il n'a rien d'extraordinaire

it's home from home Brit , it's home away from home Am

c'est un second chez-soi

home sweet home , there's no place like home prov

on n'est nulle part si bien que chez soi

to be a bit too close to home

être blessant

he found it a bit close to home

ça l'a touché au vif

let's talk about something nearer home

parlons de ce qui nous concerne plus particulièrement

to be home and dry

être sauvé

home centre Brit, home center Am N

home centre

maisonnerie f

starter home N

starter home

petite maison f (pour acheteurs débutants)

children's home N

children's home

maison f d'enfants

broken home N SOCIOL

broken home

foyer m désuni

community home N

community home

établissement m d'éducation surveillée

home team N

home team

équipe f qui reçoit

down-home ADJ Am inf

down-home (from Southern states)

du Sud (des États-Unis)

down-home (rustic)

campagnard, rustique

I.drum home VB [Brit drʌm -, Am drəm -] (drum [sth] home)

drum home lesson, point

réussir à faire comprendre

drum home message

réussir à faire passer

eventide home N Brit

eventide home

maison f de retraite

home in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for home in the English»French Dictionary

I.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] N

home

maison f

at home no pl

à la maison

to leave home no pl

quitter la maison

to make oneself at home no pl

se mettre à l'aise

II.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADV

1. home (at or to one's place):

home

à la maison

2. home (one's country):

home

au pays

3. home (understanding):

to bring sth home to sb

faire comprendre qc à qn

Phrases:

until the cows come home

jusqu'à la saint-glinglin

sth is nothing to write home about

qc n'est rien d'important

III.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADJ a. SPORTS

home

local(e)

home straight, home stretch N Am a. fig

home straight

dernière ligne f droite

home loan N FIN

home loan

hypothèque f

home plate N Am SPORTS

home plate

coup m

home banking N

home banking

home banking m

home banking

banque f à domicile

home affairs N

home affairs pl Brit POL:

home affairs

affaires fpl intérieures

home economics N no pl

home economics

arts mpl ménagers

nursing home N

nursing home

clinique f

nursing home for the elderly

maison f de retraite

retirement home N

retirement home

maison f de retraite

home computer N

home computer

ordinateur m familial

home Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to instal sb in an old people's home

placer qn dans un centre pour personnes du troisième âge

to be nothing to write home about

n'être rien de bouleversant

to eat sb out of house and home

ruiner qn en nourriture

to end one's days in a home

finir ses jours à l'hospice

to head back home/to the camp

retourner à la maison/au camp

a woman's place is in the home

la place de la femme est derrière les fourneaux

to be/stay shut away at home

être/rester enfermé chez soi

to end one's days in a home

finir ses jours à l'hospice

to return to one's home/a place

rejoindre son domicile/un lieu

the moment he got back home, he ...

à peine rentré, il ...

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Translations for home in the French»English Dictionary

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fugue

running away from home

avoir une double culture

to be at home in two cultures

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He accumulated over 1,100 hits and 200 home runs.

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He had a learner's permit, and his parents trusted him enough to let him be alone at home by himself after school.

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She took his reverse-charge phone calls at home and sent food parcels.

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The city was home to at least six deadly houses filled with trials for visitors.

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The following year the cup was shared after both legs finished 20 to the home team.

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It now focuses on home and business energy and utility bill auditing.

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There are political foes at home who are ready to seize on any hint of an unwelcome expression of regret.

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The feebleness of the media in guiding us through this is particularly reprehensible, because much of what we need to know is happening here at home.

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The show is a family drama that follows a young career woman to her economically depressed small home town in the midwest.

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This is a celebration of what really can happen for every school in the country and beyond - every hospital, every old people's home, every business.

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