apartment block in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for apartment block in the English»French Dictionary

apartment block N

apartment block

immeuble m

Translations for apartment block in the French»English Dictionary

l'immeuble dans lequel il habite est très haut

he lives in a high-rise apartment block Am

immeuble de rapport

apartment block that is rented out Am

Translations for apartment block in the English»French Dictionary

I.apartment [Brit əˈpɑːtm(ə)nt, Am əˈpɑrtmənt] N (flat)

apartment

appartement m

executive or luxury apartment

appartement m de grand standing

holiday apartment

appartement m de vacances

II.apartments N

apartments npl (suite of rooms):

apartments

appartements mpl

I.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] N

1. block (slab):

block

bloc m

a block of ice/marble

un bloc de glace/marbre

a block of ice cream

une glace f (au litre)

2. block (building):

block of flats

immeuble m (d'habitation)

office/residential block

immeuble de bureaux/d'habitation

administration block

bâtiment m administratif

science block

bloc m scientifique

3. block (group of buildings):

block

pâté m de maisons

to drive round the block

faire le tour du pâté de maisons

he lives three blocks away Am

il habite à trois rues d'ici

the bank is two blocks south Am

la banque est à deux rues d'ici au sud

4. block (for butcher, executioner):

block

billot m

to put or lay one's head on the block fig

donner sa tête à couper

5. block (group):

block (of seats, tickets)

groupe m

block (of stamps)

bloc m

block (of shares)

paquet m

block (of shares)

tranche f

a block of three lessons

trois cours d'affilée

6. block (obstruction):

block

obstacle m

block

entrave f

to be a block to reform, agreement

être un obstacle à

to be a block to progress

être une entrave au progrès

to put a block on price, sale

bloquer

to put a block on initiative

entraver

7. block TYPO:

block

cliché m

8. block COMPUT:

block

bloc m

9. block TECH (housing pulleys):

block

palan m

10. block (head):

block inf

caboche f inf

block inf

tête f

I'll knock your block off sl

je vais te casser la figure inf

11. block RAIL:

block

canton m

12. block SPORTS:

block

obstruction f

II.blocks N

blocks npl (ballet shoes):

blocks

chaussons mpl à pointes

III.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] VB trans

1. block (obstruct):

block exit, road, pass

bloquer

block drain, gutter, hole, artery

boucher

block traffic

gêner

to block sb's way or path

barrer le passage à qn

to have a blocked nose

avoir le nez bouché

2. block (impede):

block market, project

bloquer

block advance, escape, progress

faire obstacle à

block bill

faire opposition à

you're blocking my light

tu me caches la lumière

you're blocking my view

tu me bouches la vue

3. block FIN:

block assets, currency, funds

bloquer

4. block SPORTS:

block ball, opponent, rope

bloquer

apartment block in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for apartment block in the English»French Dictionary

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

conciergerie f Quebec

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

immeuble m

Translations for apartment block in the English»French Dictionary

I.block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] N

1. block (solid lump of sth):

block

bloc m

block of wood

tronçon m

2. block (for executions):

block

billot m

to go to the block

monter à l'échafaud

to go on the block Am

être mis aux enchères

to put one's head on the block fig

mettre sa tête à prix

3. block COMPUT:

block

bloc m

4. block ARCHIT:

block

pâté m de maisons

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

immeuble m

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

conciergerie f Quebec

two blocks away Am

à deux rues d'ici

5. block (barrier):

block a. fig

entrave f

a block to sth

un obstacle à qc

mental block PSYCH

blocage m

6. block GAMES:

building block

cube m de construction

II.block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] VB trans

block road, passage

bloquer

block pipe

boucher

apartment [əˈpɑ:tmənt, Am -ˈpɑ:rt-] N

apartment

appartement m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In cities, the basement of an apartment block might be converted; elsewhere they might be excavated and vaulted over, or converted from a natural cave.

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He included workers accommodation in the form of an apartment block.

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An historical plaque is attached to the building, now a modern apartment block, that occupies the site since the studios' demolition in 2002.

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The apartment block was legally uninhabitable until the balconies were replaced, as they provided mandatory emergency exits.

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A 47-story luxury apartment block is planned for a later phase of development.

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By the next morning, the apartment block has been reduced to a smoldering wreck.

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The quarter is made of one apartment block of 16 floors, around eleven smaller blocks and many small houses.

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They spot another person, who runs away, and chase him to an apartment block.

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The embassy is a suite of rooms occupying part of the ground floor of the building, which has been described as an apartment block.

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Sadly, the 208-cell apartment block from the second convict era was demolished and the bricks used to build other buildings and roads.

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