sottises in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sottises in the French»English Dictionary

sottise [sɔtiz] N f

1. sottise (manque de jugement):

sottise

silliness, foolishness

d'une sottise impensable

incredibly silly

avoir la sottise de faire/dire

to be silly enough to do/say

2. sottise (parole):

sottise

silly ou foolish remark

dire des sottises

to talk rubbish

il a encore dit une sottise

he made another silly remark

3. sottise (acte):

c'est une sottise de faire

it's silly to do

faire une sottise

to do something silly

commettre la sottise de faire

to be silly enough to do

faire des sottises enfants:

to be naughty

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être d'une sottise consternante

to be appallingly stupid

accumuler erreurs, sottises

to make a succession ou series of

incurable sottise, ivrogne

incurable, hopeless

réparable dommage, sottise, erreur

which can be put right attr, après n

on raconte beaucoup de sottises à son sujet

a lot of silly things are said about him/her

Translations for sottises in the English»French Dictionary

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guff

sottises fpl

silliness

sottise f

I've had enough of this silliness!

j'en ai assez de ces sottises!

an asinine remark

une sottise

utter rubbish!

pure sottise f !

sottises in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sottises in the French»English Dictionary

sottise [sɔtiz] N f

1. sottise (acte sot):

faire une sottise

to do something stupid

2. sottise sans pl (caractère sot):

sottise

stupidity

avoir la sottise de +infin

to be stupid enough to +infin

3. sottise (paroles niaises):

dire une sottise/des sottises

to say something stupid/talk nonsense

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par sottise/devoir

out of stupidity/duty

débiter banalités, sottises

to come out with

sortir âneries, sottises

to come out with

sottises Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

faire une sottise

to do something stupid

avoir la sottise de +infin

to be stupid enough to +infin

dire une sottise/des sottises

to say something stupid/talk nonsense

par sottise/devoir

out of stupidity/duty