useful in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for useful in the English»French Dictionary

useful [Brit ˈjuːsfʊl, ˈjuːsf(ə)l, Am ˈjusfəl] ADJ

1. useful (helpful):

useful object, information, book, work, contact

utile

useful discussion, meeting

utile, profitable

useful for doing

utile pour faire

to be useful to sb

être utile à qn

it is useful to do

il est utile de faire

to make oneself useful

se rendre utile

2. useful (competent) inf:

useful footballer, cook etc

bon/bonne

to be useful with a gun/paintbrush

savoir se servir d'un fusil/d'un pinceau, savoir manier un fusil/un pinceau

to be useful at cooking/football

savoir cuisiner/jouer au football

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educationally worthless, useful

pédagogiquement

immensely complicated, popular, useful

extrêmement, infiniment

a useful expenditure of time

du temps bien employé

specially interesting, kind, useful

particulièrement

Translations for useful in the French»English Dictionary

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animal utile

useful animal

précieux (précieuse) information

very useful

utile objet, produit, renseignement

useful

se rendre utile

to make oneself useful

cela pourrait éventuellement servir

that might be useful

la statue sert de repère

the statue is a useful landmark

useful in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for useful in the English»French Dictionary

useful ADJ

useful

utile

to be useful to sb/sth

être utile à qn/qc

to be useful with sth inf

savoir se servir de qc

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a useful feature of the new software/model

une caractéristique utile du nouveau logiciel/modèle

to come in handy/useful

être utile

to have useful connections

avoir des relations

to make oneself useful/look ridiculous

se rendre utile/ridicule

Translations for useful in the French»English Dictionary

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utilitaire calculs

useful

conseiller utilement qn

to give sb some useful advice

utile

useful

aider personne, conseil

to be useful

servir voiture, outil, conseil, explication

to be useful

useful Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to come in handy/useful

être utile

a useful feature of the new software/model

une caractéristique utile du nouveau logiciel/modèle

to make oneself useful/look ridiculous

se rendre utile/ridicule

to be useful to sb/sth

être utile à qn/qc

to be useful with sth inf

savoir se servir de qc

to have useful connections

avoir des relations

to give sb some useful advice

conseiller utilement qn

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They are also useful in hydrolysis of esters.

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The short, rounded wings provide good initial lift and are useful for short flights, though not for extended jaunts.

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This program is designed to view trees of all sizes and is very useful for creating figures.

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This is because, in printing, some of the detail is always lost and no useful purpose is served.

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It stands on 84 square meters and nets 312 square meters of useful space.

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His business experience would still prove useful as he began to work in printing and publishing.

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By the beginning of the 1930s some other useful developments were taking place.

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In 1523, the schloss was described as having walls which were too thin to be useful for defensive purposes.

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The area also proved a useful source of clay.

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Watts are a measure of the ability of a device to perform useful work.

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