common sense in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for common sense in the English»French Dictionary

I.common sense N

common sense

bon sens m

common sense

sens m commun

II.common sense commonsense, a. inf commonsensical ADJ

common sense attitude, approach, action:

common sense

plein de bon sens

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robust common sense

solide

good old-fashioned common sense

le bon vieux sens commun

plain tjrs attr common sense

simple

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un peu de bon sens, quoi!

use your common sense!

bon sens

common sense

avoir du bon sens

to have common sense

sens commun

common sense

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I.sense [Brit sɛns, Am sɛns] N

1. sense (faculty):

sense

sens m

sense of hearing

ouïe f

sense of sight

vue f

sense of smell

odorat m

sense of taste

goût m

sense of touch

toucher m

to dull/sharpen the senses

émousser/aiguiser les sens

2. sense (ability to appreciate) fig:

a sense of

le sens de

a sense of direction/of rhythm

le sens de l'orientation/du rythme

a writer with a sense of history/the absurd

un écrivain doué du sens de l'histoire/l'absurde

to have no sense of style/decency

n'avoir aucun style/aucune notion de la décence

to lose all sense of time

perdre toute notion du temps

3. sense (feeling):

a sense of guilt, security, failure, identity

un sentiment de

his sense of having failed/being excluded

son sentiment d'avoir échoué/d'être exclu

he had the sense that something was wrong/that he had forgotten something

il avait le sentiment que quelque chose n'allait pas/d'avoir oublié quelque chose

a sense of purpose

le sentiment d'avoir un but

the town has a great sense of community

la ville a un grand sens de la communauté

4. sense (practical quality):

sense

bon sens m

to have the (good) sense to do

avoir le bon sens de faire

to have more sense than to do

avoir suffisamment de bon sens pour ne pas faire

5. sense (reason):

there's no sense in doing

cela ne sert à rien de faire

what's the sense in getting angry/leaving now?

à quoi sert de se fâcher/partir maintenant?

to make sense of sth

comprendre qc

I can't make sense of this article/this sentence

je ne comprends rien à cet article/cette phrase

it makes sense to do

c'est une bonne idée de faire

it makes good business sense to employ an accountant

ce serait profitable d'employer un comptable

to make sense sentence, film, theory:

avoir un sens

not to make any sense sentence, film, theory:

n'avoir aucun sens

what he said didn't make much sense to me

ce qu'il a dit ne m'a pas semblé très logique

6. sense (meaning) (gen) LING:

sense

sens m

in the literal/strict sense (of the word)

au sens littéral/strict (du mot)

in all senses or in every sense of the word

dans tous les sens du mot

in the sense that …

en ce sens que …

he is in a or one or some sense right to complain, but …

dans un certain sens il a raison de se plaindre, mais …

they are in no sense democratic

ils ne sont en aucune manière démocratiques

7. sense (opinion):

sense form

opinion f (générale)

II.senses N

senses npl (sanity):

senses

raison f

to bring sb to his senses

ramener qn à la raison

to come to one's senses

revenir à la raison

to take leave of one's senses

perdre la raison or l'esprit

III.sense [Brit sɛns, Am sɛns] VB trans

1. sense (be aware of):

sense

deviner (that que)

he sensed her uneasiness/her anger/her sorrow

il devinait son malaise/sa colère/son chagrin

to sense where/how etc

deviner où/comment etc

to sense danger/hostility

sentir un danger/de l'hostilité

to sense sb or sb's presence

sentir la présence de qn

2. sense (detect) machine:

sense heat, light

détecter

3. sense COMPUT:

sense (detect) location

détecter

sense (read) data

lire

IV.sense [Brit sɛns, Am sɛns]

to knock or hammer or pound Am some sense into sb

ramener qn à la raison

to see sense

entendre raison

to talk sense

dire des choses sensées

I.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] N (public land)

common

terrain m communal

Clapham Common

le terrain communal de Clapham

II.commons N npl

1. commons (the people):

the commons

le peuple

2. commons POL:

commons, a. Commons the commons

les Communes fpl

3. commons Am UNIV (refectory):

commons

réfectoire m

III.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] ADJ

1. common (often encountered):

common crime, illness, mistake, name, problem, reaction

courant, fréquent

in common use

d'un usage courant

in common parlance

dans le langage courant

it is common for sb to do

il est courant que qn fasse

to be common among children, mammals etc

être répandu chez

2. common (shared):

common aim, approach, attributes, border, enemy, language, interest, ownership

commun (to à)

for the common good

pour le bien commun

by common agreement

d'un commun accord

it is common property

c'est la propriété de tous

it is common knowledge

c'est de notoriété publique

3. common (ordinary):

common man, woman

du peuple after n

the common people

le peuple

a common soldier

un simple soldat

the common herd pej

la masse

a common criminal pej

un criminel ordinaire

4. common (low-class):

common pej

commun

it looks/sounds common

ça fait commun

5. common (minimum expected):

common courtesy, decency, humanity

le/la plus élémentaire

6. common:

common ZOOL, BOT frog, daisy, algae

commun

a common variety

une variété commune

7. common MATH:

common denominator, factor, multiple

commun

IV.in common ADV

in common

en commun

to have sth in common

avoir qc en commun

to hold sth in common LAW

posséder qc en commun

V.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən]

to be as common as muck or dirt (vulgar) inf

être d'une vulgarité crasse inf

they are as common as muck (widespread) inf

on en ramasse à la pelle

to be on short commons Brit

être rationné, faire maigre hum

to have the common touch

avoir de la simplicité

common sense in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for common sense in the English»French Dictionary

common sense N no pl

common sense

bon sens m

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to apply common sense

faire preuve de bon sens

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agir en dépit du bon sens

to fly in the face of common sense

en dépit du bon sens

against all common sense

être dépourvu de bon sens

to have no common sense

défier la raison/le bon sens

to defy reason/common sense

une once de bon sens

an ounce of common sense

ne pas avoir un gramme de bon sens [ou de jugeote] inf

not to have an ounce of common sense

ne pas avoir un poil de bon sens

to not have an iota of common sense

Translations for common sense in the English»French Dictionary

I.sense [sents] N

1. sense no pl (common sense):

sense

sens m

2. sense pl (judgement):

sense

raison f

to bring sb to his/her senses

ramener qn à la raison

3. sense MED, PHYSIOL:

sense

sens m

the sense of smell

l'odorat m

the sense of taste

le goût

the sense of touch

le toucher

the sense of hearing

l'ouïe f

the sense of sight

la vue

4. sense (meaning):

sense

sens m

5. sense (way):

sense

sens m

in every sense

dans tous les sens

in a sense

dans un certain sens

Phrases:

there's no sense in doing sth

ça n'a aucun sens de faire qc

what's the sense in doing sth?

à quoi cela sert-il de faire qc ?

sth doesn't make (any) sense

qc ne rime à rien

to make (good) sense

se tenir

he talks sense

ce qu'il dit se tient

II.sense [sents] VB trans

sense

sentir

I.common <-er, -est [or more common, most common]> [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] ADJ

1. common (ordinary):

common name

courant(e)

in common use

d'un usage courant

2. common (widespread):

common

notoire

common disease

répandu(e)

it is common knowledge that...

il est de notoriété publique que...

to be common practice

être d'usage

3. common inv (shared):

common

commun(e)

the common good

le bien commun

by common assent

d'un commun accord

to make common cause with sb

faire cause commune avec qn

to have sth in common with sb/sth

avoir qc en commun avec qn/qc

4. common <-er, -est> pej (low-class):

common

commun(e)

common criminal, thief

de bas étage

5. common (average):

common

ordinaire

the common people

les gens ordinaires

the common people man

du peuple

the common people accent

populaire

II.common [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] N

common

terrain m communal

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

While he may be a fighting genius, he lacks common sense and any inhibitions whatsoever.

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Within sagacity too, there is a sagacity that stops with common sense and a sagacity that transcends common sense.

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And, as any television viewer with even one shred of common sense surely knows, that's only in the best-case scenario.

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As well as an actor, he was a man of business, with a fund of common sense, fond of sport, and a glutton for outdoor exercise.

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They juxtaposed ritual action with common sense to create messy exuberant happenings.

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At first glance it seems effort and "common sense" will lead to success, but these often prove to be unavailing.

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Natural law philosophers claimed the inferior status of women was common sense and a matter of nature.

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Cliff is large and stolid but good-natured, slow-witted but with common sense.

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We can believe and have faith in any way we please, but there is no evidence to sustain any reason, logic, common sense, or facts.

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They all have exactly that combination we have noted: the combination of an expansive and exhaustive reason with a contracted common sense.

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