office block in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for office block in the English»French Dictionary

office block N Brit

office block

immeuble m de bureaux

Translations for office block in the English»French Dictionary

soulless building, office block

sans âme

office/residential block

immeuble de bureaux/d'habitation

Translations for office block in the French»English Dictionary

immeuble de bureaux CONSTR

office block Brit

immeuble à usage de bureaux

office block

immeuble de bureaux

office-block

Translations for office block in the English»French Dictionary

I.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] N

1. block (slab):

block

bloc m

a block of ice/marble

un bloc de glace/marbre

a block of ice cream

une glace f (au litre)

2. block (building):

block of flats

immeuble m (d'habitation)

office/residential block

immeuble de bureaux/d'habitation

administration block

bâtiment m administratif

science block

bloc m scientifique

3. block (group of buildings):

block

pâté m de maisons

to drive round the block

faire le tour du pâté de maisons

he lives three blocks away Am

il habite à trois rues d'ici

the bank is two blocks south Am

la banque est à deux rues d'ici au sud

4. block (for butcher, executioner):

block

billot m

to put or lay one's head on the block fig

donner sa tête à couper

5. block (group):

block (of seats, tickets)

groupe m

block (of stamps)

bloc m

block (of shares)

paquet m

block (of shares)

tranche f

a block of three lessons

trois cours d'affilée

6. block (obstruction):

block

obstacle m

block

entrave f

to be a block to reform, agreement

être un obstacle à

to be a block to progress

être une entrave au progrès

to put a block on price, sale

bloquer

to put a block on initiative

entraver

7. block TYPO:

block

cliché m

8. block COMPUT:

block

bloc m

9. block TECH (housing pulleys):

block

palan m

10. block (head):

block inf

caboche f inf

block inf

tête f

I'll knock your block off sl

je vais te casser la figure inf

11. block RAIL:

block

canton m

12. block SPORTS:

block

obstruction f

II.blocks N

blocks npl (ballet shoes):

blocks

chaussons mpl à pointes

III.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] VB trans

1. block (obstruct):

block exit, road, pass

bloquer

block drain, gutter, hole, artery

boucher

block traffic

gêner

to block sb's way or path

barrer le passage à qn

to have a blocked nose

avoir le nez bouché

2. block (impede):

block market, project

bloquer

block advance, escape, progress

faire obstacle à

block bill

faire opposition à

you're blocking my light

tu me caches la lumière

you're blocking my view

tu me bouches la vue

3. block FIN:

block assets, currency, funds

bloquer

4. block SPORTS:

block ball, opponent, rope

bloquer

I.office [Brit ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɔfɪs, ˈɑfɪs] N

1. office (room or place of work):

office

bureau m

the accounts office

le service comptable

doctor's/dentist's office Am

cabinet m médical/dentaire

lawyer's office

étude f de notaire

lawyer's office

cabinet m de notaire

to work in an office

travailler dans un bureau, être employé/-e de bureau

the whole office knows

tout le bureau est au courant

a day at the office

une journée au bureau

a day at the office attr equipment, furniture, staff, job

de bureau

to go on an office outing

sortir avec les gens de son bureau

2. office (position):

office

fonction f

office

charge f

to perform the office of

remplir les fonctions de

to be in or hold office president, mayor:

être en fonction

to be in or hold office minister:

avoir un portefeuille

to be in or hold office political party:

être au pouvoir

to take office president, mayor:

entrer en fonction

to take office political party:

arriver au or prendre le pouvoir

to go out of office or leave office president, mayor:

quitter ses fonctions

to go out of office or leave office minister:

perdre son portefeuille

to go out of office or leave office political party:

perdre le pouvoir

to stand Brit or run Am for office

être candidat aux élections

to rise to high office

être promu à un poste élevé

3. office REL:

office

office m

the office for the dead

l'office des morts

II.offices N npl

1. offices (services):

offices form

offices mpl

offices form

aide f

through their good offices

par leurs bons offices

2. offices Brit (of property):

‘the usual offices’ (including outbuildings)

‘cuisine f et dépendances fpl ’

‘the usual offices’ (in smaller house)

‘cuisine f et salle f de bains’

office block in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for office block in the English»French Dictionary

office block N Aus, Brit

office block

complexe m de bureaux

Translations for office block in the English»French Dictionary

I.block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] N

1. block (solid lump of sth):

block

bloc m

block of wood

tronçon m

2. block (for executions):

block

billot m

to go to the block

monter à l'échafaud

to go on the block Am

être mis aux enchères

to put one's head on the block fig

mettre sa tête à prix

3. block COMPUT:

block

bloc m

4. block ARCHIT:

block

pâté m de maisons

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

immeuble m

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

conciergerie f Quebec

two blocks away Am

à deux rues d'ici

5. block (barrier):

block a. fig

entrave f

a block to sth

un obstacle à qc

mental block PSYCH

blocage m

6. block GAMES:

building block

cube m de construction

II.block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] VB trans

block road, passage

bloquer

block pipe

boucher

office [ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɑ:fɪs] N

1. office (room for working):

office

bureau m

to stay at the office

rester au bureau

the finance office

le bureau des finances

a doctor's office Am

un cabinet de médecin

2. office (authoritative position):

office

fonction f

to hold office

être au pouvoir

to hold office minister, mayor

être en fonction

to be out of office

ne plus être au pouvoir

to come into office

arriver au pouvoir

Office N Brit (government department)

Office

ministère m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The building was demolished in 1972, with today's modern station and office block erected on the site.

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Upon completion, it was the tallest office block in the city.

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Each numbered radial corridor intersects with the corresponding numbered group of offices (for example, corridor 5 divides the 500 series office block).

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The imposing office block dates from the 1960s and is distinctive by its glass-fronted entrance.

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A warehouse and office block was later added around 1869.

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This will include an additional high-rise office block, the construction of a multi-level car park, the expansion of both international and domestic terminals.

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In 1953, the church trustees proposed that the building be demolished, and that the church build a ten storey office block on the site.

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Apart from retail spaces, the development encompasses one 36-storey condominium block and one office block under phase 2.

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The building was to include an office block and a first class hotel.

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The office block was demolished several years later.

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