tenement house in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tenement house in the English»French Dictionary

tenement [Brit ˈtɛnəm(ə)nt, Am ˈtɛnəmənt] N a. tenement block or tenement building Brit tenement house Am

tenement

immeuble m ancien (souvent délabré et insalubre)

I.house N [Brit haʊs, Am haʊs]

1. house (home):

house

maison f

at my/his house

chez moi/lui

to go/come to sb's house

aller/venir chez qn

to be good around the house

aider à la maison

to keep house

tenir la maison (for de)

you'll wake the whole house

tu vas réveiller toute la maison

the children were playing house

les enfants jouaient au papa et à la maman

2. house:

house, a. House POL

Chambre f

the bill before the house

le projet de loi soumis à la Chambre

this house deplores

les députés ici présents déplorent

3. house COMM:

house

maison f

on the house

aux frais de la maison

the drinks are on the house!

c'est la maison qui offre!

4. house THEAT:

house (audience)

assistance f

house (auditorium)

salle f

house (performance)

séance f

‘house full’ (on notice)

‘complet’

is there a doctor in the house?

y a-t-il un médecin dans la salle?

there wasn't a dry eye in the house

la salle entière était en émoi

to bring the house down

faire crouler la salle de rire

5. house:

house, a. House (family line)

maison f

the house of Windsor

la Maison des Windsor

6. house REL:

house

maison f

7. house Brit SCHOOL (team):

house

groupe m (formé à l'entrée de l'école pour les activités extra-scolaires)

8. house ASTROL:

house

maison f

Phrases:

house, a. House

house music f (musique de discothèque)

II.house VB trans [Brit haʊz, Am haʊz]

1. house (give lodging to):

house (permanently) person

loger

house (temporarily) homeless, refugees

héberger

to be badly or poorly housed

être mal logé

2. house (contain) building, room, library:

house books, collection, exhibition

abriter

III.house

to put or set one's house in order

mettre de l'ordre dans ses affaires

first set your own house in order

vous devriez d'abord mettre de l'ordre dans vos propres affaires

to get on like a house on fire inf

s'entendre à merveille

tenement house in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tenement house in the English»French Dictionary

tenement house N Am, Scot

tenement house

immeuble m

Translations for tenement house in the English»French Dictionary

tenement [ˈtenəmənt] N

tenement

immeuble m

I.house [haʊs] N

1. house (building):

house

maison f

2. house POL:

house

chambre f

3. house THEAT:

house

salle f

to play to a full house

jouer devant une salle pleine

4. house MUS:

house

house f

Phrases:

you should set your own house in order before

tu devrais d'abord mettre de l'ordre dans vos propres affaires

II.house [haʊs] VB trans

1. house (give place to live):

house

héberger

2. house (contain):

house

contenir

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The most valuable part of the urban area is the small market square with tenement houses around.

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The district is composed of a collection of tenement houses built from c. 1880 to 1920.

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In 1822, a town hall was built together with tenement houses in the main town square, and in 1829-1830 a hospital was completed.

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He crawled down the lane to a tenement house.

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The company also built nearly one hundred triple decker tenement houses nearby for the accommodation of its workers.

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The first floor housed retail shops, while the upper floors were operated as a tenement house, boarding house, and hotel until they were extensively damaged by fire in 1946.

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This space, located on the building's attic space, was divided into residential spaces c. 1900, when the building was converted into a tenement house.

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However, it is the water, footbridges, historic red-brick tenement houses reflected in the rivers, and the greenery, including old chestnut trees, that create the unique atmosphere of the island.

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The first gallery looks at life in tenement houses in the 18th century.

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It then switches to 1980, where the tenement houses have morphed into 250-story buildings, connected by suspension bridges and multi-lane elevated roads.

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