period of office in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for period of office in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for period of office in the English»French Dictionary

I.period [Brit ˈpɪərɪəd, Am ˈpɪriəd] N

II.period [Brit ˈpɪərɪəd, Am ˈpɪriəd] ADJ

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

2. office (position):

to stand Brit or run Am for office

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

period of office in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for period of office in the English»French Dictionary

office [ˈɒfɪs, Am ˈɑ:fɪs] N

I.period [ˈpɪəriəd, Am ˈpɪri-] N

II.period [ˈpɪəriəd, Am ˈpɪri-] ADJ

Office N Brit (government department)

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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In spite of this, his period of office is not considered to have been successful.
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Most significantly, he wants 80 per cent of them to be elected and the remainder appointed, with their period of office restricted to 15 years.
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Her period of office was longer than any other abbess before her, and also a turbulent period for the abbey.
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During his short period of office, no significant decisions were made.
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The reforms and reorganization that took place during his period of office led to great expansion of the church throughout the world.
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During his mayors period of office, the city's streets and roads were covered with cobblestones, trees were planted along the pavements, and the first boulevards were introduced.
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He must regret putting himself on the line after an election triumph and a self-determined period of office.
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The number of acquisitions made to the collection during his period of office amounts to more than 500.
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Finally, even during his period of office, any officeholder could be impeached and removed from office by the assembly.
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His period of office included the student protests beginning in the late 1960s.
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