senior common room in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for senior common room in the English»French Dictionary

senior common room N Brit UNIV

1. senior common room (staff room):

senior common room

salle de repos réservée au corps enseignant d'une université

2. senior common room (college staff):

senior common room

corps enseignant d'une université

Translations for senior common room in the English»French Dictionary

common room

foyer m de détente

common room

salle f de détente

junior common room UNIV (room)

salle f des étudiants

junior common room (student body) + vb sing ou pl

étudiants mpl

Translations for senior common room in the English»French Dictionary

I.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm] N

1. room (closed area):

room (for living)

pièce f

room (for sleeping)

chambre f

room (for working)

bureau m

room (for meetings, teaching, operating)

salle f

a three room apartment

un appartement de trois pièces

the room fell silent

tout le monde se tut

in the next room

dans la pièce d'à côté

‘rooms to let’

‘chambres à louer’

room 159

la chambre 159

room and board

chambre avec repas

he gets room and board

il est logé (et) nourri

2. room U (space):

room

place f (for pour, to do pour faire)

to make room

faire de la place

to take up room

prendre de la place

to be short of room

manquer de place

3. room (opportunity):

room for improvement/doubt

possibilité f d'amélioration/de doute

room for manoeuvre

marge f de manœuvre

II.rooms N npl dated

1. rooms (rented):

rooms

meublé m

2. rooms Brit UNIV:

rooms

chambre f d'étudiant

III.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm] VB intr Am

room

loger

to room with sb

loger chez qn

we room together

nous habitons ensemble

IV.-roomed COMP

4-roomed

de 4 pièces

V.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm]

there is always room at the top

quand on veut réussir dans la vie on peut

I.senior [Brit ˈsiːnɪə, ˈsiːnjə, Am ˈsinjər] N

1. senior (older person):

senior

aîné/-e m/f

to be sb's senior by ten years

avoir dix ans de plus que qn

to be sb's senior

être plus âgé que qn

2. senior (superior):

senior

supérieur/-e m/f

3. senior Brit SCHOOL:

senior

élève mf dans les grandes classes

4. senior Am SCHOOL:

senior

élève mf de terminale

senior attr year, prom

de fin d'études

5. senior Am UNIV:

senior

étudiant/-e m/f de licence

6. senior SPORTS:

senior

senior m

senior attr circuit, league, player, tournament

senior

II.senior [Brit ˈsiːnɪə, ˈsiːnjə, Am ˈsinjər] ADJ

1. senior (older):

senior person

plus âgé

senior organization

plus ancien/-ienne

to be senior to sb

être plus âgé que qn

to be senior to sb by 12 years

avoir 12 ans de plus que qn

Mr Becket senior

M. Becket père

2. senior (superior):

senior person

plus haut placé

senior civil servant, diplomat

haut

senior attr aide, adviser, employee, minister

haut placé

senior colleague

plus ancien/-ienne

senior figure, member

prédominant

senior job, post

supérieur

to be senior to sb

être le supérieur de qn

I.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] N (public land)

common

terrain m communal

Clapham Common

le terrain communal de Clapham

II.commons N npl

1. commons (the people):

the commons

le peuple

2. commons POL:

commons, a. Commons the commons

les Communes fpl

3. commons Am UNIV (refectory):

commons

réfectoire m

III.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] ADJ

1. common (often encountered):

common crime, illness, mistake, name, problem, reaction

courant, fréquent

in common use

d'un usage courant

in common parlance

dans le langage courant

it is common for sb to do

il est courant que qn fasse

to be common among children, mammals etc

être répandu chez

2. common (shared):

common aim, approach, attributes, border, enemy, language, interest, ownership

commun (to à)

for the common good

pour le bien commun

by common agreement

d'un commun accord

it is common property

c'est la propriété de tous

it is common knowledge

c'est de notoriété publique

3. common (ordinary):

common man, woman

du peuple after n

the common people

le peuple

a common soldier

un simple soldat

the common herd pej

la masse

a common criminal pej

un criminel ordinaire

4. common (low-class):

common pej

commun

it looks/sounds common

ça fait commun

5. common (minimum expected):

common courtesy, decency, humanity

le/la plus élémentaire

6. common:

common ZOOL, BOT frog, daisy, algae

commun

a common variety

une variété commune

7. common MATH:

common denominator, factor, multiple

commun

IV.in common ADV

in common

en commun

to have sth in common

avoir qc en commun

to hold sth in common LAW

posséder qc en commun

V.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən]

to be as common as muck or dirt (vulgar) inf

être d'une vulgarité crasse inf

they are as common as muck (widespread) inf

on en ramasse à la pelle

to be on short commons Brit

être rationné, faire maigre hum

to have the common touch

avoir de la simplicité

senior common room in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for senior common room in the English»French Dictionary

junior/senior common room

salle f d'étude

common room

salle f de détente

Translations for senior common room in the English»French Dictionary

I.room [ru:m] N

1. room:

room (in house)

pièce f

room (in house)

place f Belg, Nord

room (bedroom)

chambre f

room (classroom, meeting room)

salle f

room (for work)

bureau m

room and board

chambre et pension

2. room no pl (space):

room

place f

to take up room

prendre de la place

there's not enough room to swing a cat

il n'y a pas de place pour se retourner

3. room no pl (possibility):

room

marge f

to have room for sth

avoir une marge de qc

to have room for improvement

pouvoir mieux faire

II.room [ru:m] VB intr

to room with sb Am (share a room)

partager une chambre avec qn

I.senior [ˈsi:niəʳ, Am -njɚ] ADJ

1. senior (older):

senior

aîné(e)

to be three years senior

avoir trois ans de plus que qn

John B. O'Malley senior

John B. O'Malley père

2. senior SCHOOL, UNIV:

senior pupil

de terminale

senior student

de dernière année

the senior boys/girls

les grand(e)s

senior part of a school

classes fpl supérieures

3. senior (high-ranking):

senior

supérieur(e)

senior employee

de grade supérieur

to be senior to sb

être au-dessus de qn

to be senior to sb (longer in service)

avoir plus d'ancienneté que qn

4. senior (related to the elderly):

senior

du troisième âge

II.senior [ˈsi:niəʳ, Am -njɚ] N

1. senior (older person):

senior

aîné(e) m (f)

to be sb's senior

être l'aîné de qn

to be two years sb's senior, to be sb's senior by two years

être l'aîné de qn de deux ans

2. senior (person of higher rank):

senior

supérieur(e) m (f)

3. senior Am (pupil of a graduating class):

senior

étudiant(e) m (f) de dernière année

4. senior SPORTS, SCHOOL:

the seniors

les grand(e)s

5. senior (elderly person):

senior

personne f du troisième âge

I.common <-er, -est [or more common, most common]> [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] ADJ

1. common (ordinary):

common name

courant(e)

in common use

d'un usage courant

2. common (widespread):

common

notoire

common disease

répandu(e)

it is common knowledge that...

il est de notoriété publique que...

to be common practice

être d'usage

3. common inv (shared):

common

commun(e)

the common good

le bien commun

by common assent

d'un commun accord

to make common cause with sb

faire cause commune avec qn

to have sth in common with sb/sth

avoir qc en commun avec qn/qc

4. common <-er, -est> pej (low-class):

common

commun(e)

common criminal, thief

de bas étage

5. common (average):

common

ordinaire

the common people

les gens ordinaires

the common people man

du peuple

the common people accent

populaire

II.common [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] N

common

terrain m communal

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There is no going back to some idealised version of a 1950s senior common room, occasionally intruded upon by deferential students.

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