war games in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for war games in the English»French Dictionary

war games N npl GAMES

war games (with nonmilitary participants)

guerre f simulée

war game [Brit, Am ˈwɔr ˌɡeɪm] N

war game MIL

manœuvre f militaire

war game GAMES (with models)

jeu m de stratégie (militaire)

Translations for war games in the English»French Dictionary

lose LAW, POL, SPORTS fight, war, match, game, race, case, bet, election, vote

perdre

Translations for war games in the English»French Dictionary

I.game [Brit ɡeɪm, Am ɡeɪm] N

1. game (activity):

game

jeu m

to play a game

jouer à un jeu

a game for three players

un jeu à trois (joueurs)

game of chance/of skill

jeu de hasard/d'adresse

it's only a game!

ce n'est qu'un jeu!

this isn't a game, you know!

ce n'est pas un jeu, tu sais!

to play the game fig

jouer franc jeu

don't play games with me! (tell me the truth)

ne me fais pas marcher!

don't play games with me! (don't try to be smart)

n'essaie pas de jouer au plus fin avec moi!

2. game (session, match):

game (of chess, cards, poker, darts, hide-and-seek)

partie f

game (of football, hockey, cricket)

match m

to have or play a game of cards/of chess

faire or disputer une partie de cartes/d'échecs

let's have a game of football

on fait une partie de foot? inf

let's have a game of cowboys

on joue aux cowboys?

3. game Am (professional sporting event):

game

match m

4. game (section of tournament):

game (in tennis)

jeu m

game (in bridge)

manche f

four games to one

quatre jeux à un

we're two games all

nous sommes à deux jeux partout

game to Hadman

jeu Hadman

game, set and match

jeu, set et match

5. game (skill at playing):

game

jeu m

how to improve your game

comment améliorer votre jeu

grass suits my game

j'aime bien jouer sur gazon

she plays a great game of chess

c'est une excellente joueuse d'échecs

to put sb off his/her game

distraire qn

6. game (trick, scheme):

game inf

jeu m

game inf

manège m

what's your game?

à quoi joues-tu?

so that's his game!

c'est donc ça sa combine! inf

I have no choice but to play his game

je n'ai pas d'autre choix que d'entrer dans son jeu

I decided to play the same game

j'ai décidé de rendre la pareille

he's up to his old games again

il refait des siennes

7. game (activity, occupation) inf, pej or hum:

the insurance/marketing game

le domaine de l'assurance/du marketing

the politics game

le jeu de la politique

I've been in this game 10 years

je suis dans la partie depuis 10 ans

he's new to this game

il est nouveau dans la partie

8. game:

game HUNT, FOOD

gibier m

game attr pâté, dish, stew

de gibier

game soup

à base de gibier

II.games N npl

1. games Brit SCHOOL:

games

sport m

good at games

bon/bonne en sport

good at games attr teacher, lesson, master, mistress

d'éducation physique

Phrases:

games, a. Games (sporting event)

Jeux mpl

III.game [Brit ɡeɪm, Am ɡeɪm] ADJ

1. game (willing to try):

game

partant inf

he's game for anything

il est toujours partant inf

she's always game for an adventure/a laugh

elle est toujours prête à tenter l'aventure/à rire

OK, I'm game

d'accord, j'en suis

2. game (plucky):

game

courageux/-euse

3. game leg:

game

estropié

to have a game leg

boiter

IV.game [Brit ɡeɪm, Am ɡeɪm]

that's the name of the game

c'est ce qui compte

the game's up

tout est fichu inf

to beat sb at his/their own game

battre qn à son/leur propre jeu

to be/go on the game inf Brit

faire/se mettre à faire le trottoir inf

to give the game away

vendre la mèche

two can play at that game

à bon chat, bon rat prov

I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

war

guerre f

the horrors of war

les horreurs de la guerre

the day war broke out

le jour où la guerre a éclaté

in the war

à la guerre

between the wars (world wars)

entre les deux guerres

a state of war now exists between our two countries

nos deux pays sont désormais en état de guerre

to win/lose a war

gagner/perdre une guerre

to go off to the war

partir à la guerre

to go to war against country

entrer en guerre contre

to wage war on country

faire la guerre contre

to be at war with a country

être en guerre avec un pays

a war over or about land, independence

une guerre pour

a war over or about issue, problem

une guerre sur

a war over or about attr debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound

de guerre

a war over or about cemetery, leader, grave, zone

militaire

a war over or about hero

de la guerre

war deaths

victimes fpl de la guerre

he has a good war record

il a de bons états de service

2. war (fierce competition):

war fig

guerre f

price/trade war

guerre des prix/commerciale

a state of war now exists between the two departments/companies

c'est la guerre entre les deux services/sociétés

a war of words

un conflit verbal

3. war (to eradicate sth):

war fig

lutte f (against contre)

the war against drug traffickers

la lutte contre les narco-trafiquants

to wage war on or against poverty, crime

mener une lutte contre

II.war <pres part warring; pret, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

to war with a country/one's neighbours

être en guerre contre un pays/ses voisins (over à cause de)

III.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr]

you look as if you've been in the wars

on dirait qu'il t'est arrivé des malheurs

war games in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for war games in the English»French Dictionary

war game N

1. war game MIL:

war game

manœuvre f

2. war game COMPUT:

war game

war game m (jeu vidéo simulant un conflit)

Translations for war games in the English»French Dictionary

I.game¹ [geɪm] N

1. game (play, amusement):

game

jeu m

computer game

jeu pour ordinateur

game of chance/skill

jeu de chance/d'adresse

to be just a game to sb a. fig

n'être qu'un jeu pour qn

2. game (contest):

game board game, chess

partie f

game football, rugby

match m

game tennis

jeu m

game over

fin f de partie

to play a good game

faire un bon match

3. game SPORTS (skill level):

game

jeu m

to be off one's game

ne pas être en forme

to be on one's game

bien jouer

4. game pej (dishonest plan):

game

jeu m

the game is up

l'affaire est à l'eau

to be up to one's old games

refaire des siennes

to play games with sb

jouer avec qn

to beat sb at their own game

battre qn à son propre jeu

5. game pl (organized):

game

jeux mpl

the Olympic games

les Jeux olympiques

Phrases:

to give the game away

vendre la mèche

the game is worth the candle

le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle

to be on the game Brit inf

faire le tapin

game over

c'est fini

to play the game

jouer le jeu

what's your game?

où veux-tu en venir?

II.game¹ [geɪm] ADJ inf (willing)

game

partant(e)

to be game to +infin

être partant pour +infin

game² [geɪm] N no pl

1. game (animal):

game

gibier m

2. game (meat):

game

gibier m

war [wɔ:ʳ, Am wɔ:r] N

war no pl, no indef art:

war

guerre f

to be at war

être en guerre

a state of war

un état de guerre

in time of war

en temps de guerre

the horrors of war

les horreurs de la guerre

war atrocities

les atrocités de la guerre

a war hero

un héros de guerre

war breaks out between sb/sth and sb/sth

la guerre éclate entre qn/qc et qn/qc

to declare war on sb/sth a. fig

déclarer la guerre à qn/qc

to go to war

aller en guerre

to wage war against sb/sth

faire la guerre contre qn/qc

to wage war against sb/sth fig

être en guerre contre qn/qc

a war of attrition

une guerre d'usure

price/trade war

guerre des prix/commerciale

Phrases:

to have been in the wars

revenir du front

game N

User Entry

board game

jeu de table m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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A survey of strategy and war games gave it two stars out of five.

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Wells, a pacifist, was the first to publish detailed rules for playing war games with toy soldiers.

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Their focus is primarily but not exclusively on war games and turn-based strategy.

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The division itself frequently conducts war games and exercises indicating a high level of training within the division.

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It is also common for military organizations to use old ships as targets, in war games, or for various other experiments.

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The fleet sets sail to participate in the naval war games.

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War games, role-playing games, collectible card games, and other complicated, highly-competitive, or hobbyist games are outside the scope of the award.

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These war games brought home to anybody the fantastically horrible events that would surround such a scenario.

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Nearly all previous war games had focused on larger units such as brigades, regiments, and divisions.

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In this case, they are war games for civilians applied with a marketing warfare analogy to a market situation.

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