DEVINE - Translation from French into English

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

French

English

I. deviner [dəvine] VB trans

1. deviner (parvenir à connaître):

deviner secret

to guess

deviner avenir

to foresee, to tell

2. deviner (soupçonner):

deviner danger

to sense

je devine quelque chose de louche là-dessous

I smell a rat

3. deviner (imaginer):

deviner

to imagine

je te laisse deviner leur joie

I leave you to imagine their joy

4. deviner (apercevoir):

deviner

to make out

on devine une maison au loin

you can make out a house in the distance

sa robe laisse deviner ses rondeurs

you can make out her curves through her dress

II. se deviner VB trans

1. se deviner (être facile à connaître):

la suite du film se devine aisément

it's easy to guess what happens next in the film

2. se deviner (transparaître):

se deviner inquiétude, trouble:

to come out

English

French

psych out intentions, response

deviner

I psyched her out

j'ai deviné ses intentions

puzzle out

deviner

who should walk in but my husband!

devine qui est arrivé?—mon mari!

to look into one's crystal ball fig

essayer de deviner l'avenir

to have or make or take a guess

essayer de deviner

to have or make or take a guess at sth

essayer de deviner qc

I'll give you three guesses!

devine un peu!

that was a good guess!

tu as deviné juste!

to make a wild guess

deviner au hasard

guess answer, reason, name, identity

deviner

guess length, width

deviner, estimer

to guess sb's age (correctly)

deviner l'âge de qn

she had guessed what I was thinking

elle avait deviné mes pensées

guess who!

devine qui c'est!

guess

deviner

to guess right

deviner juste

you're just guessing!

tu ne fais que deviner!

outguess (anticipate)

deviner les intentions de

divine liter

deviner

to make a shrewd guess

deviner juste

guess who turned up at the station

devine qui s'est pointé à la gare inf

in the PONS Dictionary

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I. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB trans

1. deviner (trouver):

deviner réponse, secret, énigme

to guess

2. deviner (pressentir):

deviner sens, pensée

to guess

deviner menace, danger

to see

3. deviner (entrevoir):

deviner

to make out

II. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB refl

1. deviner (se trouver):

la réponse se devine facilement

the answer is easy to guess

2. deviner (transparaître):

se deviner tendance, goût

to be apparent

obscurément deviner, sentir

in an obscure way

English

French

puzzle out

deviner

divine

deviner

to make a shrewd guess

deviner juste

to leave nothing to the imagination

ne rien laisser deviner

to have [or Am take] a guess

deviner

guess

deviner

guess

deviner

there are no prizes for guessing

ce n'est pas difficile de deviner

peg

deviner

to make a lucky guess

deviner au hasard

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

I. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB trans

1. deviner (trouver):

deviner réponse, secret, énigme

to guess

2. deviner (pressentir):

deviner sens, pensée

to guess

deviner menace, danger

to see

3. deviner (entrevoir):

deviner

to make out

II. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB refl

1. deviner (se trouver):

la réponse se devine facilement

the answer is easy to guess

2. deviner (transparaître):

se deviner tendance, goût

to be apparent

obscurément deviner, sentir

in an obscure way

deviner juste

to guess right(ly)

English

French

puzzle out

deviner

divine

deviner

to make a shrewd guess

deviner juste

to leave nothing to the imagination inf

ne rien laisser deviner

to take [or have] a guess

deviner

guess

deviner

guess

deviner

there are no prizes for guessing

ce n'est pas difficile de deviner

to make a lucky guess

deviner au hasard

Présent

je	devine
tu	devines
il/elle/on	devine
nous	devinons
vous	devinez
ils/elles	devinent

Imparfait

je	devinais
tu	devinais
il/elle/on	devinait
nous	devinions
vous	deviniez
ils/elles	devinaient

Passé simple

je	devinai
tu	devinas
il/elle/on	devina
nous	devinâmes
vous	devinâtes
ils/elles	devinèrent

Futur simple

je	devinerai
tu	devineras
il/elle/on	devinera
nous	devinerons
vous	devinerez
ils/elles	devineront