doom in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for doom in the English»French Dictionary

I.doom [Brit duːm, Am dum] N

doom (death)

mort f

doom (unhappy destiny) (of person)

perte f

doom (of country, group)

catastrophe f

to have a sense of impending doom

avoir de sombres pressentiments

to prophecy doom

prédire une catastrophe

II.doom [Brit duːm, Am dum] VB trans

doom person, project:

doom

condamner (to à)

to be doomed to do

être condamné à faire

to be doomed to failure

être voué à l'échec

to be doomed from the start

être voué à l'échec avant même de commencer

III.doom [Brit duːm, Am dum]

to spread or preach doom and gloom

jouer les Cassandre

it's not all doom and gloom!

il reste une lueur d'espoir!

doom-laden [Brit, Am ˈdum ˌleɪdn] ADJ

doom-laden pronouncement, forecast:

doom-laden

sombre, alarmiste

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harbinger of doom (thing)

funeste présage m

harbinger of doom (person)

porteur/-euse m/f de mauvaises nouvelles

a portent of doom

un présage de malheur

prophet of doom lit, fig

prophète de malheur

doom and gloom

désespoir et morosité

doom and gloom

sinistrose f inf

Translations for doom in the French»English Dictionary

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catastrophiste

doom-and-gloom

sinistrose

doom and gloom

jouer les Cassandre

to spread doom and gloom

prophète de malheur

prophet of doom Brit

doom in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for doom in the English»French Dictionary

I.doom [du:m] N (grim destiny)

doom

fatalité f

II.doom [du:m] VB trans

doom

condamner

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gloom and doom

tout va mal

the crack of doom

le glas du Jugement dernier

Translations for doom in the French»English Dictionary

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vouer

to doom

vouer qn/qc à l'échec

to doom sb/sth to fail

broyer du noir

to be all gloom and doom

doom Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

gloom and doom

tout va mal

the crack of doom

le glas du Jugement dernier

to be all gloom and doom

broyer du noir

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

At that moment he realizes that he is doomed.

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Doom was not pursuing acting at the time.

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Do you consider the modern prisons without bars system doomed to failure?

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It led to a fierce hurricane which in a short time brought the little hazk-ship to its doom.

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The success of the serial ended doom-mongering about the sound technology being the end of the serial format.

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The roof was once more rebuilt in wood, which was ultimately to doom the building.

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Many see an attempt to model a system as complex as a modern economy by a mathematical model as unrealistic and doomed to failure.

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Unfortunately, the events in 1839 doomed the company.

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They were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt.

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But there was so much doom and gloom and horror that it had got pretty deep under our skin.

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