PRINCIPLE - Translation from English into French

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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principle [Brit ˈprɪnsɪp(ə)l, Am ˈprɪnsəpəl] N

1. principle (basic tenet):

principle

principe m

run on socialist principles

géré selon des principes socialistes

2. principle (rule of conduct):

principle

principe m

to be against sb's principles

être contraire aux principes de qn (to do de faire)

to have high principles

avoir beaucoup de principes

on principle

par principe

it's the principle of the thing, it's a point of principle

c'est pour le principe

a woman of principle

une femme de principes

to make it a principle to do

avoir pour principe de faire

3. principle (scientific law):

principle

principe m

it relies on the principle that water evaporates

cela repose sur le principe que l'eau s'évapore

to get back to first principles

repartir sur des bases concrètes

in principle

en principe

first principle N

first principle

principe m premier

to go back to first principles

retourner aux principes premiers

uncertainty principle N

uncertainty principle

principe m d'incertitude

pleasure principle N

pleasure principle

principe m de plaisir

point of principle N

point of principle

point m de principe

Peter Principle N

Peter Principle

principe m de Peter

Comparative Cost Principle N ECON

Comparative Cost Principle

théorie f des coûts comparatifs

Archimedes' principle/screw

le principe/la vis d'Archimède

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English

compromission (avec sa conscience)

compromise of principle

principe de subsidiarité

principle of subsidiarity

in the PONS Dictionary

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I. principle [ˈprɪntsəpl] N

principle

principe m

on principle

par principe

II. principle [ˈprɪntsəpl] ADJ

principle person:

principle

qui a des principes

guiding principle N

guiding principle

principe m directeur

fundamental principle

premier(-ère)

lay down rule, principle

établir

for the sake of principle

pour le principe

person of principle

individu m à principe

French

English

principe

principle

principe fondamental

fundamental principle

qn a pour principe de +infin

it's a principle with sb to +infin

en principe

in principle [or theory]

par principe

on principle

pour le principe

on principle

le principe des vases communicants

the principle of communicating vessels

principe radical

radical principle

zone fumeur/non-fumeur

In principle, smoking is forbidden in France in all open places, e.g. underground stations, train stations and public buildings. Pubs are obliged to create a zone non-fumeur.

in the PONS Dictionary

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I. principle [ˈprɪn(t)·sə·pl] N

principle

principe m

on principle

par principe

II. principle [ˈprɪn(t)·sə·pl] ADJ

principle person:

principle

qui a des principes

guiding principle N

guiding principle

principe m directeur

fundamental principle

premier(-ère)

lay down rule, principle

établir

person of principle

individu m à principes

for the sake of principle

pour le principe

French

English

principe

principle

principe fondamental

fundamental principle

qn a pour principe de +infin

it's a principle with sb to +infin

en principe

in principle [or theory]

par principe

on principle

pour le principe

on principle

principe radical

radical principle

partir d'un principe/d'une idée

to start from a principle/from an idea

j'ai pour principe de faire

it's a principle with me to do

GEA Glossary of Refrigeration Technology

principe du contre-courant

counterflow principle

principe de coupure de gaz aspiré

principle of shutting off the suction gas

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

The crowds were greater than ever for the roller coasters-- "thanatos" and "eros", the death wish and the pleasure principle, all at the same time.

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The pleasure principle may be responsible for procrastination; one may prefer to avoid negative emotions, and to delay stressful tasks.

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He or she knows that satisfying their unhealthy cravings, and thus satisfying the pleasure principle, provides only short-term empty satisfaction that thwarts the objective of the diet.

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Do you listen for and admire ways a song was created, or are you susceptible to the pleasure principle that elevates some songs to "hits"?

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The id is driven by the pleasure principle: it wants physical pleasure, and it wants it now.

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