understudy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for understudy in the English»French Dictionary

I.understudy [Brit ˈʌndəstʌdi, Am ˈəndərˌstədi] N

understudy THEAT

doublure f (to de)

understudy (gen)

suppléant/-e m/f (to de)

II.understudy [Brit ˈʌndəstʌdi, Am ˈəndərˌstədi] VB trans THEAT

understudy role, actor

doubler

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doublure THEAT

understudy

doubler (pour indisponibilité) acteur

to understudy

understudy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for understudy in the English»French Dictionary

I.understudy <-ies> [ˈʌndəstʌdɪ, Am -dɚ-] THEAT N

understudy

doublure f

to be the understudy for sb/sth

être la doublure de qn/qc

II.understudy <-ie-> [ˈʌndəstʌdɪ, Am -dɚ-] THEAT VB trans

understudy

doubler

to understudy a part

doubler un acteur dans un rôle

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doublure

understudy

understudy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be the understudy for sb/sth

être la doublure de qn/qc

to understudy a part

doubler un acteur dans un rôle

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Shortly thereafter, she was cast as the understudy for the role and was eventually promoted to playing the role full-time.

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She was signed for the chorus and as understudy for the lead, but the show unfortunately closed on opening night.

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The minute his much less confident understudy took over, she felt free to blossom, which she spectacularly did.

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The understudies are now thrusted into a new competition directly against the successors.

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The series follows a group of understudies who train to become the next group of successors.

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They were all replaced by their respective understudies.

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