Soap operas in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Soap operas in the English»French Dictionary

Soap operas Info

Soap operas

Feuilletons radiophoniques ou télévisés très populaires dans les pays anglo-saxons. Ils racontent la vie quotidienne de plusieurs familles ou d'un groupe de personnages fictifs et sont en général courts (30 minutes) et diffusés tous les jours aux heures de grande écoute. Coronation St (depuis 1960), Brookside et Eastenders figurent parmi les plus connus en Grande-Bretagne ; As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives, entre autres, sont très appréciés aux États-Unis. On les appelle des soaps parce qu'ils étaient, à l'origine, subventionnés par des grandes marques de lessive.

soap opera

soap opera N:

soap opera RADIO, TV

feuilleton m

See also Soap operas

Soap operas Info

Soap operas

Feuilletons radiophoniques ou télévisés très populaires dans les pays anglo-saxons. Ils racontent la vie quotidienne de plusieurs familles ou d'un groupe de personnages fictifs et sont en général courts (30 minutes) et diffusés tous les jours aux heures de grande écoute. Coronation St (depuis 1960), Brookside et Eastenders figurent parmi les plus connus en Grande-Bretagne ; As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives, entre autres, sont très appréciés aux États-Unis. On les appelle des soaps parce qu'ils étaient, à l'origine, subventionnés par des grandes marques de lessive.

Translations for Soap operas in the French»English Dictionary

feuilleton télévisé (à rebondissements)

soap (opera)

feuilleton mélo RADIO, TV

soap (opera)

feuilletonnesque

like a soap opera

feuilleton à rebondissements

action-packed soap opera

on nous sature de feuilletons

we're being inundated with soap operas

Translations for Soap operas in the English»French Dictionary

opera [Brit ˈɒp(ə)rə, Am ˈɑp(ə)rə] N

opera

opéra m

do you like opera?

aimez-vous l'opéra?

tickets for the opera

billets pour l'opéra

I.soap [Brit səʊp, Am soʊp] N

1. soap (for washing):

soap

savon m

a bar of soap

un savon

with soap and water

avec de l'eau et du savon

2. soap (flattery) inf:

soap, a. soft soap

pommade f inf

soap, a. soft soap

flatterie f

3. soap inf → soap opera

II.soap [Brit səʊp, Am soʊp] VB trans

soap

savonner

to soap sb's back

savonner le dos à qn

III.to soap oneself VB refl

to soap oneself refl:

to soap oneself

se savonner

See also soap opera

soap opera

soap opera N:

soap opera RADIO, TV

feuilleton m

Soap operas in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Soap operas in the English»French Dictionary

soap opera N TV

soap opera

feuilleton m

Translations for Soap operas in the French»English Dictionary

feuilleton télévisé

soap (opera)

Translations for Soap operas in the English»French Dictionary

opera [ˈɒprə, Am ˈɑ:pr-] N

opera

opéra m

I.soap [səʊp, Am soʊp] N

1. soap no pl (body-washing substance):

soap

savon m

a bar/piece of soap

une savonnette

2. soap TV → soap opera

Phrases:

soft soap

flatteries fpl

II.soap [səʊp, Am soʊp] VB trans

soap

savonner

See also soap opera

soap opera N TV

soap opera

feuilleton m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After a shocking revelation typical to soap operas, such as an unexpected pregnancy, the camera zooms in on each character, who displays open-mouthed astonishment.

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Some genres, such as soap operas, did not completely abandon live broadcasts until the mid-1970's.

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It explores the tensions between the social inequalities that bedevil nations and the cultural forms, like television soap operas, that try to address them.

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The channel offers news, local produced entertainment shows and soap operas.

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He has worked in movies, soap operas and television.

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Launched with the tag line 24 carat manoranjane, the channel airs soap operas, talk shows, news programmes, and game shows.

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On television, he appeared both in soap operas and prime time series.

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But day after day, they sit in the room as soap operas drone on.

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But now soap operas using the Taiwanese dialect (spoken by the vast majority of the islanders) appeared on television.

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He was full of fun and a constant source of trivia and kept his form tutor updated on all the latest happenings in the soap operas.

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