capital city in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for capital city in the English»French Dictionary

capital city N

capital city

capitale f

Translations for capital city in the English»French Dictionary

capital, a. capital city

capitale f

Translations for capital city in the French»English Dictionary

capitale

capital (city)

Translations for capital city in the English»French Dictionary

I.capital [Brit ˈkapɪt(ə)l, Am ˈkæpədl] N

1. capital (letter):

capital

majuscule f

2. capital:

capital, a. capital city

capitale f

fashion capital of the world

capitale mondiale de la mode

3. capital U:

capital (gen) COMM, FIN (wealth)

capital m

capital (funds)

capitaux mpl

capital (funds)

capital m

with a capital of £500, 000

au capital de 500 000 livres sterling

to make capital out of sth fig

tirer profit de qc

to make political capital out of sth

tirer profit de qc dans un but politique

to make political capital out of sth attr amount, base, loss, outlay, turnover

de capital

4. capital (capitalist interests):

capital

capital m

capital and labour

le capital et le travail

5. capital ARCHIT:

capital

chapiteau m

II.capital [Brit ˈkapɪt(ə)l, Am ˈkæpədl] ADJ

1. capital letter:

capital

majuscule

capital A

A majuscule

crazy with a capital C inf

dingue avec un D majuscule or un grand D inf

2. capital LAW:

capital offence, crime, sentence

capital

3. capital (essential):

capital

capital

to be of capital importance

être d'une importance capitale

4. capital Brit (excellent):

capital inf, dated

épatant

City

City

The

City

Quartier londonien des affaires et de la finance, la City est le siège des grandes banques, des compagnies d'assurance et de la plupart des sociétés d'agents de change. 500 000 personnes viennent y travailler chaque jour.

city [Brit ˈsɪti, Am ˈsɪdi] N

1. city (town):

city

(grande) ville f

the medieval city

la cité médiévale

attr city streets/people

rues/gens de la ville

2. city Brit:

the City

la City

3. city (population):

city

ville f

See also City

City

City

The

City

Quartier londonien des affaires et de la finance, la City est le siège des grandes banques, des compagnies d'assurance et de la plupart des sociétés d'agents de change. 500 000 personnes viennent y travailler chaque jour.

capital city in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for capital city in the English»French Dictionary

capital city

capitale f

capital error, city

principal(e)

Translations for capital city in the French»English Dictionary

capitale

capital (city)

Translations for capital city in the English»French Dictionary

I.city <-ies> [ˈsɪti, Am ˈsɪt̬-] N

1. city (town):

city

ville f

capital city

capitale f

2. city Aus (centre of capital):

the city

le centre

city

De nombreuses cities américaines ont des surnoms. "New York" s'appelle "Gotham" ou "The Big Apple". Par analogie à ce dernier surnom, certains appellent "Los Angeles" "The Big Orange", mais d'autres lui préfèrent le surnom de "The City of the Angels". "Chicago", elle, est dénommée "The Windy City". "The City of Brotherly Love" désigne la ville de "Philadelphia". "Denver" porte le surnom de "The Mile-High city" à cause de son altitude et "Detroit" est dénommée "Motor City" à cause de son industrie automobile.

II.city <-ies> [ˈsɪti, Am ˈsɪt̬-] ADJ

city

urbain(e)

city life

citadin(e)

I.capital¹ [ˈkæpɪtl, Am -ət̬l] N

1. capital (principal city):

capital a. fig

capitale f

2. capital (letter form):

capital

lettre f capitale

in (large) capitals

en capitales

II.capital¹ [ˈkæpɪtl, Am -ət̬l] ADJ

1. capital (principal):

capital error, city

principal(e)

2. capital (letter form):

capital letter

capital(e)

3. capital LAW (punishable by death):

capital

capital(e)

4. capital Brit (very good):

capital

excellent(e)

capital² [ˈkæpɪtl, Am -ət̬l] N FIN

capital

capital m

to put capital into sth

investir dans qc

to make capital (out) of sth

tirer profit de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is the capital city of the department of the same name, and is the government seat.

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From her reign on the sultanate became a weak symbolic institution, whose authority was limited to capital city itself.

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From 1906 he flourished as practitioner and soon he became one of the most considerable and noted lawyers in the capital city.

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As a former orphan, however, she felt a special solicitude for the poor children of the capital city, especially those whose parents had been jailed.

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It found a higher percantage of speakers in villages and lower in the capital city.

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This enabled the capital city to withstand long sieges, many of which did happen during the three century long existence of the empire.

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