COMBAT - Translation from French into English

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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English

combat [kɔ̃ba] N m

1. combat MIL:

combat

fighting uncountable

violents combats

fierce fighting

combats sporadiques

sporadic fighting

les combats ont repris

the fighting has broken out again

cessation des combats

end to the fighting

combats aériens/terrestres

air/land battles

livrer combat

to join battle (à with, contre against)

envoyer au combat

to send into combat

mettre hors de combat

to disable

partir au combat

to set off for battle

2. combat POL:

combat

struggle (contre against, pour for)

combat pour l'indépendance

struggle for independence

combat d'idées/politique

ideological/political struggle

mener le combat

to lead the struggle

littérature/presse de combat

militant literature/press

livrer un combat

to campaign (contre against, pour for)

3. combat SPORTS:

combat

bout

combat de boxe/catch

boxing/wrestling bout

(mettre) hors de combat

(to put) out of action

Phrases:

combat de coqs

cock fight

combat de gladiateurs

gladiatorial combat

combat rapproché

close combat

combat de rue

street fighting

combat singulier

single combat

I. combattre [kɔ̃batʀ] VB trans

1. combattre:

combattre MIL, POL adversaire, ennemi

to fight

2. combattre PHARM:

combattre

to counteract Brit

combattre déshydratation, vieillissement, stress

to fight

II. combattre [kɔ̃batʀ] VB intr

combattre

to fight (contre against, pour for)

combattre aux côtés de qn

to fight side by side with sb

combattre contre la délinquance informatique

to fight computer crime

III. se combattre VB refl

se combattre refl:

se combattre

to fight

English

French

combat

combat m

in combat

au combat

to send sb into combat

envoyer qn au combat

close/single combat

combat rapproché/singulier

close/single combat attr aircraft, helmet, troops, zone

de combat

combat violence, racism, crime, inflation

combattre

prizefight

combat m professionnel

naval warfare

combat m naval

single combat

combat m singulier

rearguard action

combat m d'arrière-garde

to fight a rearguard action

mener un combat d'arrière-garde (against contre)

bushfighting

combat m de brousse

gunship MIL, AVIAT

hélicoptère m de combat

cockfight

combat m de coqs

in the PONS Dictionary

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combat [kɔ̃ba] N m

combat

combat

I. combattre [kɔ̃batʀ] irreg VB trans, intr

combattre

to fight

II. combattre [kɔ̃batʀ] irreg VB refl

se combattre

to fight each other

English

French

combat aircraft

avion m de combat

bullfight

combat m de taureaux

naval warfare

combat m naval

engagement

combat m

a rearguard action

un combat d'arrière-garde

cock fight

combat m de poulets

battledress

tenue f de combat

gamecock

coq m de combat

in the PONS Dictionary

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combat [ko͂ba] N m

combat

combat

I. combattre [ko͂batʀ] irreg VB trans, intr

combattre

to fight

II. combattre [ko͂batʀ] irreg VB refl

combattre se combattre:

combattre

to fight each other

un simulacre de combat

a mock fight

English

French

naval warfare

combat m naval

combat aircraft

avion m de combat

gamecock

coq m de combat

cock fight

combat m de coqs

bullfight

combat m de taureaux

engagement

combat m

hand-to-hand combat

combat m corps à corps

Présent

je	combats
tu	combats
il/elle/on	combat
nous	combattons
vous	combattez
ils/elles	combattent

Imparfait

je	combattais
tu	combattais
il/elle/on	combattait
nous	combattions
vous	combattiez
ils/elles	combattaient

Passé simple

je	combattis
tu	combattis
il/elle/on	combattit
nous	combattîmes
vous	combattîtes
ils/elles	combattirent

Futur simple

je	combattrai
tu	combattras
il/elle/on	combattra
nous	combattrons
vous	combattrez
ils/elles	combattront