contract bridge in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for contract bridge in the English»French Dictionary

contract bridge N GAMES

contract bridge

bridge m contrat

Translations for contract bridge in the French»English Dictionary

bridge contrat

contract bridge

Translations for contract bridge in the English»French Dictionary

I.bridge [Brit brɪdʒ, Am brɪdʒ] N

1. bridge CONSTR:

bridge

pont m (over sur, across au-dessus de)

2. bridge (link):

bridge fig

rapprochement m

to build bridges

établir des relations (between entre)

3. bridge (intermediate stage):

bridge (transitional)

passerelle f (between entre)

bridge (springboard)

tremplin m (to vers)

a bridge between school and university

une passerelle entre l'école et l'université

a bridge to a new career

un tremplin vers une nouvelle carrière

4. bridge (on ship):

bridge

passerelle f

5. bridge (of nose):

bridge

arête f

6. bridge (of spectacles):

bridge

arcade f

7. bridge (on guitar, violin):

bridge

chevalet m

8. bridge DENT:

bridge

bridge m

9. bridge GAMES:

bridge

bridge m

bridge attr game, player

de bridge

10. bridge MUS (link):

bridge

couplet m

II.bridge [Brit brɪdʒ, Am brɪdʒ] VB trans

1. bridge lit river:

bridge

construire un pont sur

2. bridge fig:

to bridge the gap between two countries/adversaries

effectuer un rapprochement entre or rapprocher deux pays/adversaires

to bridge the gap between the two lifestyles/levels

réduire l'écart entre les deux modes de vie/niveaux

a snack bridges the gap between lunch and dinner

un goûter comble l'attente entre le déjeuner et le dîner

to bridge a gap in [sth] conversation

combler un vide dans

to bridge a gap in [sth] budget

combler un trou dans

to bridge a gap in [sth] knowledge

combler une lacune dans

3. bridge (span):

bridge two eras

enjamber

bridge several periods

se maintenir tout au long de

III.bridge [Brit brɪdʒ, Am brɪdʒ]

a lot of water has flowed under the bridge

beaucoup d'eau a coulé sous les ponts

it's all water under the bridge

c'est du passé

don't cross your bridges before you come to them prov

chaque chose en son temps prov

we'll cross that bridge when we come to it

on s'occupera de ce problème en temps voulu

I.contract N [Brit ˈkɒntrakt, Am ˈkɑntrækt]

1. contract (agreement):

contract ADMIN, LAW

contrat m (for pour, with avec)

employment contract , contract of employment

contrat m de travail

a two-year contract

un contrat de deux ans

to enter into a contract with

passer un contrat avec

to be on a contract

être sous contrat

to be under contract with

être sous contrat avec

to be under contract to

travailler sous contrat avec

to be out of contract

être libre de tout contrat

2. contract COMM (tender):

contract

contrat m

to win/lose a contract

remporter/perdre un contrat

to award a contract to

octroyer un contrat à

to place a contract for sth with

octroyer un contrat pour qc à

a contract to maintain or for the maintenance of

un contrat d'entretien de

to do work under contract

faire un travail par or sur contrat

to put work out to contract

donner un travail en sous-traitance

to put work out to contract attr labour, worker

contractuel/-elle

the work is done on a contract basis

le travail est effectué en sous-traitance

3. contract (for assassination) sl:

to put out a contract on person

payer un tueur à gages pour abattre

there's a contract out on him

un tueur a été engagé pour l'abattre

4. contract GAMES (in bridge):

contract

contrat m

II.contract VB trans [Brit kənˈtrakt, Am kənˈtrækt]

1. contract MED (develop):

contract virus, disease

contracter (from par le contact avec)

2. contract LAW (arrange):

contract marriage, alliance, debt, duty, loan

contracter

3. contract COMM, LAW:

to be contracted to do

être tenu par contrat de faire

4. contract (tighten):

contract muscles

contracter

III.contract VB intr [Brit kənˈtrakt, Am kənˈtrækt]

1. contract COMM, LAW (undertake):

to contract to do

s'engager par contrat à faire

to contract with sb to do

passer un contrat avec qn pour faire

2. contract (shrink):

contract wood, metal:

se contracter

contract power, influence, support, funds, market:

diminuer

3. contract:

contract MED, PHYSIOL

se contracter

contract bridge in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for contract bridge in the English»French Dictionary

I.bridge [brɪdʒ] N

1. bridge ARCHIT, NAUT:

bridge a. fig

pont m

suspension bridge

pont suspendu

2. bridge MED:

bridge

bridge m

3. bridge ANAT:

bridge

arête f du nez

4. bridge (part of glasses):

bridge

arcade f

5. bridge MUS:

bridge

chevalet m

6. bridge GAMES:

bridge

bridge m

II.bridge [brɪdʒ] VB trans

1. bridge (build bridge):

bridge

construire un pont sur

2. bridge (bring together):

to bridge the gap between sb/sth and sb/sth

rapprocher qn/qc de qn/qc

I.contract¹ [ˈkan·trækt] N

contract

contrat m

to break/to draw up a contract

rompre/établir un contrat

to enter into a contract

passer un contrat

II.contract¹ [ˈkan·trækt] VB intr

to contract to +infin

s'engager à +infin

to contract with sb

passer un contrat avec qn

I.contract² [kən·ˈtrækt] VB intr

contract

se contracter

II.contract² [kən·ˈtrækt] VB trans

contract

contracter

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Chess is one of the games amongst another six games (weiqi, xiangqi, chess, contract bridge, gobang, draughts).

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Contract bridge bidding systems are mainly natural (most bids have an obvious meaning) or artificial (many bids have a meaning unrelated to the denomination mentioned).

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