leaves in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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leaves [Brit liːvz, Am livz] N npl

leaves → leaf

See also leaf

I.leaf <pl leaves [liːvz]> [Brit liːf, Am lif] N

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I.leave [Brit liːv, Am liv] N

II.leave <pret, pp left> [Brit liːv, Am liv] VB trans

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1. leave (depart from):

leave (gen) house, station etc
partir de
leave (more permanently) country, city etc
quitter
leave (by going out) room, building
sortir de
he left home early
il est parti tôt de chez lui
to leave school (permanently)
quitter l'école
the plane/train leaves Paris for Nice at 9.00
l'avion/le train pour Nice part de Paris à 9 heures
to leave the road/table
quitter la route/table
to leave France to live in Canada
quitter la France pour aller vivre au Canada
to leave the track train:
dérailler
to leave the ground plane:
décoller
to leave one's seat
se lever
I left him cleaning his car
quand je suis parti, il nettoyait sa voiture
the smile left her face fig
son sourire s'est effacé
as soon as the words left her lips…
à peine eut-elle fini de parler…

3. leave (let remain):

leave food, drink, gap, choice
laisser
he left his vegetables/wine
il a laissé ses légumes/son vin
you leave me no choice or alternative but to…
vous ne me laissez pas d'autre choix que de…
he left us in no doubt as to or about his feelings
il ne nous a laissé aucun doute quant à ses sentiments
to leave sth lying around
laisser traîner qc
to leave sth tidy/open/in ruins
laisser qc en ordre/ouvert/en ruines
to leave sb homeless
laisser qn sans domicile
to be left homeless
se retrouver sans domicile
there are/we have five minutes left
il reste/il nous reste cinq minutes
he was left short of money/time
il ne lui restait plus beaucoup d'argent/de temps
he stared at what was left of the house
il a regardé longuement ce qui restait de la maison
ten minus seven leaves three MATH
sept ôtés de dix, il reste trois
the accident left him an orphan/a cripple
l'accident a fait de lui un orphelin/un invalide
the attack left her with a scar/a broken nose
elle garde une cicatrice de/elle a le nez cassé depuis l'agression
where does that leave me?
qu'est-ce que je vais devenir?

4. leave (allow to do):

to leave sth to sb job, task
laisser [qc] à qn
to leave it (up) to sb to do
laisser à qn le soin de faire
it will be left to him to do it
on lui laissera le soin de le faire
to leave the decision/choice (up) to sb
laisser à qn le soin de décider/choisir
to leave it up to sb where/how etc to do
laisser qn décider où/comment etc faire
to leave sb to do
laisser qn faire
leave him to sleep
laisse-le dormir
to leave sb to it (to do something)
laisser qn se débrouiller
to leave sb to it (to be alone)
laisser qn tranquille
to leave sb to himself, to leave sb be inf
laisser qn tranquille
leave him/me alone
laisse-le/-moi tranquille
leave it to or with me
je m'en occupe, je m'en charge
leave everything to me!
je m'en occupe, je me charge de tout!

III.leave <pret, pp left> [Brit liːv, Am liv] VB intr

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IV.leave <pret, pp left> [Brit liːv, Am liv] VB refl

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I.leave about VB [Brit liːv -, Am liv -], leave around VB (leave [sth] around)

leave go VB [Brit liːv -, Am liv -], leave hold VB usage critiqué

leaves in the PONS Dictionary

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I.leave1 <left, left> [li:v] VB trans

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II.leave1 <left, left> [li:v] VB intr

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leaves Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I have to catch him before he leaves
je dois le voir avant qu'il parte
fallen leaves
feuilles mortes
to read in the cards/tea-leaves that ...
lire dans les cartes/le marc de café que ...
at the point where she leaves the house
au moment où elle quitte la maison
to leave sb on the sidelines, to leave sb standing
laisser qn sur la touche
I'd be obliged if you'd leave now
je vous saurai gré de partir immédiatement
the wind's blowing the leaves around
le vent balaie les feuilles
to prescribe 2 weeks sick leave for sb
prescrire un arrêt de maladie de 15 jours à qn
to strip (the leaves off) a tree
effeuiller un arbre
to rake up the grass/dead leaves
ratisser une allée/une platebande ratisser l'herbe/des feuilles mortes
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Women past puberty wore a small skirt of cotton, and the men might wear a loincloth made of plaited leaves or cotton.
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It has simple, narrow, oblong, dark green leaves of 715 cm long, with a whitish underside.
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This includes planting seeds according to the lunar cycle and using homoeopathic potions on the leaves of plants.
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The dried-up leaves that appeared on your plants later in the season are indicative of a fungal issue called powdery mildew.
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Typical symptoms include the chlorosis of leaves, stunting, and distorted and lumpy fruiting structures.
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The design of peach buds, blossoms, leaves and fruits appears naturalistic, but that configuration would never appear in nature.
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Issuance of the leaves continued until the end of 2002.
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The leaves are heart shaped with raised leaf veins on both surfaces of the leaf.
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It consists of a stem with leaves and a male inflorescence.
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However, ashes and fossils (assessed to be of 15 million years age) unearthed here reveal that leaves, willows, alders, maples, rhododendrons and conifers existed here.
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