man in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for man in the English»French Dictionary

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I.man <pl men> [Brit man, Am mæn] N

1. man (adult male):

man
homme m
middle-aged/married man
homme d'âge mûr/marié
as one man to another
entre hommes
he's not a man to do
ce n'est pas le genre d'homme à faire
a blind man
un aveugle
an old man
un vieillard
a single man
un célibataire
a ladies' man
un homme à femmes
a beer/whisky man
un buveur de bière/de whisky
a leg/bum man inf
un amateur de belles jambes/de derrières
a man of God/the people
un homme de Dieu/du peuple
a man of iron or steel
un homme de fer
they've arrested the right man
on a arrêté le vrai coupable
he's your man
c'est l'homme qu'il te faut
he has worked for the party, man and boy Brit
il a travaillé pour le parti toute sa vie
man of the match
héros m du match
good man! (well done)
bravo mon gars!
my good man!
mon vieux! inf
my little man inf
mon petit

III.man [Brit man, Am mæn] INTERJ

IV.man <pres part manning; pret, pp manned> [Brit man, Am mæn] VB trans

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I.man-to-man [Brit ˌmantəˈman] ADJ

de-man <pres part de-manning; pret, pp de-manned> [Brit ˌdiːˈman, Am diˈmæn] VB trans Brit

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man in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for man in the English»French Dictionary

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II.man <men> [mæn] VB trans <-nn->

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he-man <-men> [ˈhi:mæn] N inf

man Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I know the man who lives here
je connais l'homme qui habite ici
one man's meat is another man's poison prov
le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres
one man's meat is another man's poison prov
le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres
to talk (as) man to man
parler d'homme à homme
a man to man talk
une discussion entre hommes
to feel like a new man/woman
se sentir revivre
one man's joy is a another man's sorrow
le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres prov
man is the measure of all things
l'homme est la mesure de toutes choses
to turn into a serious young man
se transformer en jeune homme sérieux
onlookers were standing around the injured man
des curieux encerclaient le blessé
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He was also a good hit-and-run man, and one of the best bunters in the league.
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The self-inflicted wounds tell of the man's struggle to avoid the unendurable images he has been forced to watch.
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He was also known as the peerless conspirator, and a modern historian has called him a man of action without a program.
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And these colors showed up in this earth just the way a wrinkle shows up in the face of a man or woman...
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Crispbread is a staple food and was for a long time considered a poor man's diet.
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But one man, drunk on "sake", forgot to throw the strange fish away.
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However, it also asserted that woman was the guardian angel, always in the shadow of man.
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A vicious close-range struggle, involving man-to-man combat, ensued on the train.
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Divorces were frowned upon, no matter what the provocation, and a man who was sued at law, particularly upon his promissory note, was almost disgraced in the public mind.
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The site of the village currently consists of three concentric man-made rivers that once surrounded the village.
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