REDUCE - Translation from English into French

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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French

I. reduce [Brit rɪˈdjuːs, rɪˈdʒuːs, Am rəˈd(j)us] VB trans

1. reduce (make smaller):

reduce inflation, number, pressure, impact

réduire (by de)

reduce prices, temperature

baisser

reduce MED swelling

résorber

reduce fever

faire baisser

the jackets have been reduced by 50% COMM

le prix des vestes a été réduit de 50%

‘reduce speed now’ MOTOR

‘ralentir’

2. reduce:

reduce (in scale) map, drawing

réduire

reduce (condense) chapter, article

réduire

3. reduce MIL (in status):

reduce

rétrograder

to be reduced to the ranks

être dégradé

4. reduce (alter the state of):

to reduce sth to shreds (book, document etc)

réduire qc en pièces

to reduce sth to ashes

réduire qc en cendres

5. reduce (bring forcibly):

to reduce sb to tears

faire pleurer qn

to be reduced to silence

être réduit au silence

to be reduced to begging/prostitution

en être réduit à la mendicité/prostitution

he was reduced to apologizing

il en a été réduit à s'excuser

6. reduce (simplify):

reduce argument, existence

réduire (to à)

reduce MATH equation

réduire

7. reduce LAW:

reduce sentence

réduire (to à, by de)

8. reduce FOOD:

reduce sauce, stock

faire réduire

II. reduce [Brit rɪˈdjuːs, rɪˈdʒuːs, Am rəˈd(j)us] VB intr

1. reduce Am (lose weight):

reduce

maigrir (en suivant un régime)

2. reduce FOOD:

reduce sauce, stock:

réduire

let the sauce reduce to half its volume

faites réduire la sauce de moitié

III. reduced ADJ

1. reduced (in price):

reduced

réduit

at a reduced price

à prix réduit

reduced goods

marchandises en solde

2. reduced scale, rate:

reduced

réduit

3. reduced (straitened):

in reduced circumstances form

dans la gêne

drastically change, reduce

radicalement

drastically reduce, limit

sévèrement

to reduce sth to matchwood

réduire qc en miettes

French

English

décarboner

to reduce CO₂ emissions

déstocker

to reduce stocks of

déstocker des surplus

to reduce surplus stocks

déstocker

to reduce stocks, to cut down on stocks

dévolter

to reduce the voltage of

minorer prix, taux

to reduce (de by)

démultiplier

to reduce

paupériser

to pauperize, to reduce to abject poverty

réduire impôt, coût, vitesse, distance, stocks, inégalités

to reduce

réduire dépenses

to reduce, to cut

réduire délai, durée

to reduce, to shorten

réduire chances, risques

to reduce, to lessen

réduire choix

to reduce, to limit

réduire chômage

to reduce, to bring down

réduire un article de 3%

to reduce ou cut the price of an article by 3%

réduire d'un quart

to reduce by a quarter

réduire qc de peu/de beaucoup

to reduce sth slightly/greatly

réduire qc au minimum

to reduce sth to a minimum

réduire qc en taille/en longueur

to make sth smaller/shorter, to reduce the size/length of sth

réduire (en reproduisant) photographie, document

to reduce

réduire qc en bouillie

to reduce sth to a pulp

réduire qc à

to reduce sth to

réduire un problème à l'essentiel

to reduce a problem to its bare essentials

réduire qn à qc

to reduce sb to sth

réduire qn au silence

to reduce sb to silence

réduire qn à la mendicité

to reduce sb to begging

réduire un peuple en esclavage

to reduce a nation to slavery

réduire FOOD, CHEM composé

to reduce

réduire

to set, to reduce spec

réduire fraction

to reduce

réduire des fractions au même dénominateur

to reduce fractions to a common denominator

réduire sauce, sirop:

to reduce

faites réduire le mélange

allow the mixture to reduce

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I. reduce [rɪˈdju:s, Am -ˈdu:s] VB trans

1. reduce (make less):

reduce

réduire

reduce speed

modérer

reduce taxes

diminuer

to reduce a backlog

rattraper un retard

2. reduce (make cheaper):

reduce

solder

reduce price

baisser

3. reduce MIL:

reduce

dégrader

4. reduce (cook):

reduce

réduire

5. reduce (force):

reduce

réduire

to reduce sb/sth to sth

réduire qc/qn à qc

reduced to tears

en larmes

to be reduced to doing sth

être réduit à faire qc

II. reduce [rɪˈdju:s, Am -ˈdu:s] VB intr

1. reduce Am (diet):

reduce

maigrir

to be reducing

être au régime

2. reduce (cook):

reduce sauce

réduire

to reduce sth to rubble

réduire qc en poussière

to reduce sth to (a) pulp

réduire qc en pâte

to reduce sth to (a) pulp

réduire qc en purée

tuck to reduce fat

liposuccion f

tuck to reduce flesh

lifting m

French

English

réduire qn à la mendicité

to reduce sb to beggary

alléger impôts, dettes

to reduce

nos dépenses ne sont pas compressibles

our spending is impossible to reduce

réduire

to reduce

réduire qc en bouillie

to reduce sth to a pulp

faire diminuer

to reduce

diminuer

to reduce

faire diminuer un nombre de qc

to reduce the number of sth

diminuer violence

to reduce

modérer vitesse

to reduce

in the PONS Dictionary

English

French

I. reduce [rɪ·ˈdus] VB trans

1. reduce (make less):

reduce

réduire

reduce speed

modérer

reduce taxes

diminuer

to reduce a backlog

rattraper un retard

2. reduce (make cheaper):

reduce

solder

reduce price

baisser

3. reduce MIL:

reduce

dégrader

4. reduce (cook down):

reduce

réduire

5. reduce (force):

reduce

réduire

to reduce sb/sth to sth

réduire qc/qn à qc

reduced to tears

en larmes

to be reduced to doing sth

(en) être réduit à faire qc

II. reduce [rɪ·ˈdus] VB intr

1. reduce (diet):

reduce

maigrir

to be reducing

être au régime

2. reduce (cook down):

reduce sauce

réduire

to reduce sth to rubble

réduire qc en poussière

to reduce sth to (a) pulp

réduire qc en pâte

to reduce sth to (a) pulp

réduire qc en purée

tuck to reduce fat

liposuccion f

tuck to reduce flesh

lifting m

to reduce sth to a powder

réduire qc en poudre

French

English

alléger impôts, dettes

to reduce

réduire

to reduce

réduire qc en bouillie

to reduce sth to a pulp

faire diminuer

to reduce

diminuer

to reduce

faire diminuer un nombre de qc

to reduce the number of sth

diminuer violence

to reduce

modérer vitesse

to reduce

résorber déficit

to reduce

Present

I	reduce
you	reduce
he/she/it	reduces
we	reduce
you	reduce
they	reduce

Past

I	reduced
you	reduced
he/she/it	reduced
we	reduced
you	reduced
they	reduced

Present Perfect

I	have	reduced
you	have	reduced
he/she/it	has	reduced
we	have	reduced
you	have	reduced
they	have	reduced

Past Perfect

I	had	reduced
you	had	reduced
he/she/it	had	reduced
we	had	reduced
you	had	reduced
they	had	reduced

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Some of the tracks were reduced by more than half of their original lengths in this way.

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With the steamboat this time was reduced drastically with trips ranging from twenty-five to thirty-five days.

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The system utilizes a vacuum chamber or a container with reduced air to lower the boiling point of the liquids.

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The lead was reduced by the peloton to about three minutes at the start of the final climb of the day.

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The construction of a ring road reduced traffic within the city.

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