fui in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fui in the French»English Dictionary

I.fuir [fɥiʀ] VB trans

1. fuir (quitter):

fuir pays, ville, oppression

to flee

fuir combats, amour

to flee from

2. fuir (éviter):

fuir hiver

to escape

fuir responsabilité, discussion, personne

to avoid

fuir problème, journalistes, foule

to steer clear of

fuir soleil

to stay out of

fuir les médias

to shun publicity

II.fuir [fɥiʀ] VB intr

1. fuir (partir):

fuir personne, soldat, capitaux:

to flee

fuir animal:

to run away

fuir en Chine/à l'étranger/devant l'ennemi

to flee to China/abroad/in the face of the enemy

fuir à toutes jambes

to run for it

faire fuir personne

to scare [sb] off

faire fuir les clients/spectateurs/investisseurs

to scare customers/spectators/investors off

laid à faire fuir

ugly as sin

2. fuir (suinter):

fuir robinet, gaz, toit, stylo:

to leak

3. fuir (se dérober):

fuir personne, regard:

to be evasive

fuir devant ses responsabilités

not to face up to one's responsibilities

4. fuir (défiler et disparaître) liter:

fuir nuages:

to sail by

fuir arbres:

to flash past

fuir navire:

to sail into the distance

fuir temps:

to fly by

fuir bonheur:

to fade

III.se fuir VB refl

se fuir refl (s'éviter):

se fuir

to avoid each other

les deux familles se fuient

the two families avoid each other

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fuir qn/qc comme la peste

to avoid sb/sth like the plague

Translations for fui in the English»French Dictionary

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flee

fuir

flee

fuir (before, in the face of devant)

to flee from sth

fuir qc

scare away animal, attacker

faire fuir

shun contact, people, publicity, responsibility, temptation

fuir

scud ship:

fuir

to be leaky container, tap, roof:

fuir

shirk responsibility

fuir

to be a fugitive from justice

fuir la justice

evade responsibility

se dérober à, fuir

fui in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fui in the French»English Dictionary

I.fuir [fɥiʀ] irreg VB intr

1. fuir (s'enfuir):

fuir d'un pays

to flee a country

2. fuir (détaler):

fuir devant qn/qc

to run away from sb/sth

faire fuir qn

to make sb run away

3. fuir (se dérober):

fuir devant qc

to run away from sth

4. fuir (ne pas être étanche):

fuir

to leak

5. fuir (s'échapper):

fuir liquide

to leak (out)

fuir gaz

to escape

II.fuir [fɥiʀ] irreg VB trans (éviter)

fuir danger

to evade

fuir ses responsabilités

to try to escape one's responsibilities

fuir la présence de qn

to keep away from sb

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plutôt mourir que (de) fuir

better to die than flee

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shun

fuir

flee

fuir

frighten away

faire fuir

to be an escapist

fuir la réalité

see off

faire fuir

leak

fuir

dodge work

fuir

to bury oneself in one's work

fuir dans le travail

fui Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

fuir d'un pays

to flee a country

fuir devant qn/qc

to run away from sb/sth

faire fuir qn

to make sb run away

fuir devant qc

to run away from sth

fuir ses responsabilités

to try to escape one's responsibilities

fuir la présence de qn

to keep away from sb

plutôt mourir que (de) fuir

better to die than flee