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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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French
English
English

I. champ [ʃɑ̃] N m

1. champ (terre cultivable):

champ
field
dans un champ de colza
in a field of rapeseed
des champs de coton
cotton fields
couper ou prendre à travers champs
to cut across the fields
travailler aux champs
to work in the fields
se promener dans les champs
to walk in the fields
en pleins champs
in open country

2. champ (étendue):

champ
field
champ de glace
ice field
champ de neige
snowfield
champ pétrolifère ou de pétrole
oil field
champ de dunes
dunes pl

3. champ (domaine):

champ
field
mon champ d'action/de recherche
my field of action/of research
le champ culturel/politique
the cultural/political arena
le champ des polémiques/investigations
the scope of the controversies/investigations
le champ est libre, on peut y aller lit
the coast is clear, we can go
le champ est libre, on peut y aller fig
the way is clear, we can go
avoir le champ libre
to have a free hand
laisser le champ libre à qn (gén)
to give sb a free hand
laisser le champ libre à qn (en se retirant)
to make way for sb

4. champ:

champ PHOTO, CINE
field
le champ visuel
the field of vision
être dans le champ
to be in shot
entrer dans le/sortir du champ
to come into/go out of shot
être hors champ personnage:
to be offscreen ou out of shot
une voix hors champ
an offscreen voice
prendre du champ fig
to stand back

5. champ PHYS:

champ
field
champ acoustique/électrique/magnétique
sound/electric/magnetic field

6. champ LING:

champ
field
champ conceptuel/dérivationnel/lexical/sémantique
conceptual/derivational/lexical/semantic field

7. champ MATH:

champ
field
champ de vecteurs/scalaires/tenseurs
vector/scalar/tensor field

8. champ:

champ HERALD, COMPUT
field

II. à tout bout de champ ADV

à tout bout de champ inf:

à tout bout de champ
all the time

III. champ [ʃɑ̃]

champ d'aviation
airfield
champ de bataille MIL fig
battlefield
champ de courses
racecourse Brit
champ de courses
racetrack
champ d'épandage
sewage farm
champ de foire
fairground
champ de manœuvre
training area
champ de mines
minefield
champ opératoire (linge)
sterile towel
champ opératoire (zone)
operative field
champ de tir (terrain d'exercice)
firing range
champ de tir (portée)
range
champ de tir aérien
bombing range
champs ouverts
open fields

IV. champ [ʃɑ̃]

mourir au champ d'honneur
to be killed in action

sur-le-champ [syʀləʃɑ̃] ADV

sur-le-champ
right away

sur-le-champ [syʀləʃɑ̃] ADV

sur-le-champ
right away
English
English
French
French
electric field
champ m électrique
champers
champ' m inf
off camera
hors champ
oilfield
champ m pétrolifère
sewage works
champ m d'épandage
barley field
champ m d'orge
magnetic field
champ m magnétique
visual field
champ m visuel

in the PONS Dictionary

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champ [ʃɑ̃] N m

1. champ a. AGR, PHYS, MIL:

champ
field
champ de Mars
garden in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, formerly used for military parades

2. champ pl (campagne):

champ
country(side)
vie des champs
country life
couper à travers champs
to cut across the fields
vivre en pleins champs
to live out in the open country
fleurs des champs
wild flowers

Phrases:

laisser du champ libre à qn
to leave sb room to manoeuvre
laisser le champ libre à qn
to give sb a free hand
sur le champ
at once

sur-le-champ [syʀləʃɑ̃] ADV

sur-le-champ
on the spot
English
English
French
French
forthwith
sur-le-champ
oilfield
champ m pétrolifère
shooting range
champ m de tir
NFC (near field communication) TELEC
communication en champ rapproché f
snowfield
champ m de neige
racecourse
champ m de courses
N.F.C. (near field communication) TELEC abbrev
communication en champ proche f
minefield
champ m de mines
in the PONS Dictionary
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French
English
English

champ [ʃɑ͂] N m

1. champ a. AGR, PHYS, MIL:

champ
field

2. champ pl (campagne):

champ
country(side)
vie des champs
country life
couper à travers champs
to cut across the fields
fleurs des champs
wild flowers

Phrases:

laisser le champ libre à qn
to give sb a free hand
sur le champ
at once

sur-le-champ [syʀləʃɑ͂] ADV

sur-le-champ
on the spot
English
English
French
French
forthwith
sur-le-champ
oil field
champ m pétrolifère
minefield
champ m de mines
battlefield
champ m de bataille
fairground
champ m de foire
fielder
joueur (-euse) m (f) de champ
racecourse
champ m de courses
shooting range
champ m de tir

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

un champ de 30 mètres de large
a field 30 metres wide Brit
un champ de 30 mètres de large
a field 30 meters wide Am
à tout bout de champ
all the time
laisser du champ libre à qn
to leave sb room to manoeuvre
laisser le champ libre à qn
to give sb a free hand

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

En décembre 1959, le mouvement de répression s'abat sur les intellectuels de gauche.
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Cela tombe plutôt bien, puisque le professeur leur propose de les héberger au moment où un terrible orage s'abat sur la région.
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Une terrible famine s'abattit alors sur la région au début du printemps 1857.
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D'une hauteur maximale estimée à une quinzaine de mètres et d'une hauteur moyenne de 10,5 mètres, il s'abat sur les côtes toutes proches.
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Il s'estime capable d'abattre des vaisseaux spatiaux, ce qui n'est certainement pas un mensonge.
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