parcel office in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for parcel office in the English»French Dictionary

parcel office N

parcel office

(ureau m des messageries

parcel office

messageries fpl

Translations for parcel office in the English»French Dictionary

I.parcel [Brit ˈpɑːs(ə)l, Am ˈpɑrsəl] N

1. parcel (package):

parcel

paquet m

parcel

colis m

2. parcel (of land):

parcel

parcelle f

3. parcel FIN (of shares):

parcel

paquet m

4. parcel (of people, problems etc):

parcel fig, inf

tas m inf

a parcel of lies

un tissu de mensonges

II.parcel [Brit ˈpɑːs(ə)l, Am ˈpɑrsəl] VB trans

parcel → parcel up

III.parcel [Brit ˈpɑːs(ə)l, Am ˈpɑrsəl]

to be part and parcel of

faire partie intégrante de

See also parcel up

I.parcel up VB [Brit ˈpɑːs(ə)l -, Am ˈpɑrsəl -] (parcel up [sth], parcel [sth] up)

parcel up

emballer

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’

parcel office in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for parcel office in the English»French Dictionary

I.parcel [ˈpɑ:səl, Am ˈpɑ:r-] N

1. parcel (objects sent in paper):

parcel

paquet m

2. parcel (small parcel):

parcel

colis m

3. parcel Am (area of land):

parcel

parcelle f

II.parcel <Brit -ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈpɑ:səl, Am ˈpɑ:r-] VB trans

parcel

empaqueter

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

In 1963 a new ticket and parcel office was built within the former parking area adjoining the subway entrance.

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In 1991 once restoration had been completed, the station's former parcel office as well as the carriage were let out as holiday accommodation and as a venue for parties.

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However, eight structures, including a rest house and the railway parcel office, will be affected in the road-widening.

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The station buildings remained in use as a parcel office until it was closed in 1965.

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The original station offices were retained and used as waiting rooms and parcel offices.

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She turned the clerk's office into a kitchen, made the goods and parcel office into a breakfast room and transformed the waiting room into a dining room.

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It consisted of seven sidings, a goods shed, a wooden parcel office and a cattle dock.

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