countenance in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for countenance in the English»French Dictionary

I.countenance [Brit ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns, Am ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns] N liter

countenance (face)

visage m

countenance (expression)

expression f

II.countenance [Brit ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns, Am ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns] VB trans

countenance (tolerate) form:

countenance misuse, slander

admettre

to countenance sb doing

admettre que qn fasse

III.countenance [Brit ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns, Am ˈkaʊnt(ə)nəns]

to keep one's countenance

ne pas se laisser décontenancer

to put sb out of countenance

décontenancer qn

Translations for countenance in the French»English Dictionary

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décontenancer

to disconcert, to put [sb] out of countenance form

se décontenancer

to be disconcerted, to lose countenance form

countenance in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for countenance in the English»French Dictionary

I.countenance [ˈkaʊntɪnəns, Am -tənəns] N no pl

1. countenance form (facial expression):

countenance

expression f du visage

2. countenance (approval):

countenance

accord m

to give countenance to sth

appuyer qc

3. countenance (composure):

countenance

maîtrise f de soi

to keep one's countenance form

garder son sang-froid

II.countenance [ˈkaʊntɪnəns, Am -tənəns] VB trans form (approve)

countenance

approuver

Translations for countenance in the French»English Dictionary

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décontenancer

to put out of countenance

countenance Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to give countenance to sth

appuyer qc

to keep one's countenance form

garder son sang-froid

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I saw a company who stood well guarded and firm, giving no countenance to those who would unsettle the established faith of the body.

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Nature had in the most legible characters stamped honesty on his countenance.

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The very aspect of his countenance bespeaks a person of great mental decision, and of unbounded confidence in his bodily strength.

It soon became clear, though, that the authorities would not countenance an early retirement from the military.

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Has a careworn, but sly countenance and spare person limps in his gait from an accident and loves the ladies.

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He possessed a chin so short and retiring as positively to disfigure his otherwise fine countenance.

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Wildness and terror were pictured in every countenance.

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She is shown with her hand holding lotus flowers, fawned by four attendants, and carved in perfect beauty and gracious countenance.

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You might, perhaps, take off some of your clothesnot to countenance me but to show your sympathy.

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In the zero condition the original countenance of the soul reveals itself.

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