busy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for busy in the English»French Dictionary

I.busy [Brit ˈbɪzi, Am ˈbɪzi] ADJ

1. busy person:

busy

occupé (with avec, doing à faire)

to look busy

avoir l'air occupé

to be too busy to do

être trop occupé pour faire

to keep oneself/sb busy

trouver de quoi s'occuper/occuper qn

I try to keep busy

je tâche de trouver de quoi m'occuper

that should keep them busy!

cela devrait les occuper!

to get busy inf

s'y mettre inf

get busy!

allez, au travail!

2. busy:

busy shop

où il y a beaucoup de monde

busy junction, airports

où le trafic est intense

busy road

très fréquenté

busy square, street, town

animé

busy day, week

chargé

to lead a busy life

mener une vie très active

the busiest time of year

c'est la période la plus active de l'année

were the shops busy?

est-ce qu'il y avait beaucoup de monde dans les magasins?

3. busy (engaged):

busy line, photocopier

occupé

4. busy (overelaborate):

busy design, wallpaper

chargé

5. busy Am (prying):

busy

indiscret/-ète

II.to busy oneself VB refl

to busy oneself refl:

to busy oneself doing sth

faire qc pour se donner une contenance

I.busy bee Am N (person)

busy bee

personne f débordant d'activité

busy bee

mouche f du coche pej

II.busy bees N

busy bees npl (gossip):

busy bees

cancans mpl

busy Lizzie N Brit

busy Lizzie

impatiente f

busy signal N Am TELEC

busy signal

tonalité f ‘occupé’

Translations for busy in the French»English Dictionary

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affairé (affairée)

busy (à qc with sth, à faire doing)

avoir l'air affairé

to look busy

impatiens

busy lizzie

occupé (occupée)

busy

être très occupé

to be very busy

occupé (occupée) ligne téléphonique

busy

ça sonne occupé TELEC

it's busy

‘toutes nos lignes sont occupées, veuillez patienter’

‘all our lines are busy, please hold’

passant (passante)

busy

être en plein boom personne:

to be extremely busy

fourni (fournie) emploi du temps

busy

busy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for busy in the English»French Dictionary

busy¹ <-ier, -iest> [ˈbɪzi] ADJ

1. busy (occupied):

busy

occupé(e)

I'm very busy this week

je suis très pris cette semaine

to be busy with sth

être occupé à faire qc

to get busy

se mettre au travail

2. busy (full of activity):

busy period, week, shop

très actif(-ive)

busy street

animé(e)

it's our busiest day

c'est notre journée la plus chargée

3. busy (hectic):

a busy time

une période mouvementée

4. busy (exhausting):

busy

fatigant(e)

5. busy pej (overly decorated):

busy

trop bariolé(e)

6. busy Am TELEC:

busy

occupé(e)

Phrases:

she is as busy as a bee

elle déborde d'activité

busy² <-ie-> [ˈbɪzi] VB trans

to busy oneself

s'occuper

to busy oneself with sth

s'appliquer à faire qc

Translations for busy in the French»English Dictionary

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affairé(e)

busy

encombré(e) lignes téléphoniques

busy

occupé(e) personne

busy

être occupé à qc

to be busy doing sth

animé(e) rue

busy

passager (-ère) lieu, rue

busy

fréquenté(e) établissement, lieu, rue

busy

rempli(e) emploi du temps

busy

fourmi

busy bee

busy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I'm very busy this week

je suis très pris cette semaine

to be busy with sth

être occupé à faire qc

to get busy

se mettre au travail

a busy time

une période mouvementée

she is as busy as a bee

elle déborde d'activité

he gave the appearance of being very busy

il donnait l'impression d'être très occupé

to busy oneself

s'occuper

to busy oneself with sth

s'appliquer à faire qc

to be a busy bee iron hum

être débordant d'activité

you have to keep busy(, don't you?)

il faut bien s'occuper

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This would cause the radio to look for a channel with no busy tone (3052 Hz) present.

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Sitting on the sundeck we had great views of farmland, fishing boats and people going about their busy lives.

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The crooks certainly seem to be busy, judging by our postbag!

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This can be a busy spell after a game because we'd have medicals and triage and whatnot.

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The illusionist sleeps on a small couch and the girl keeps busy by cleaning and cooking food that she shares with the neighbors.

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Tool chests are only useful for stuff you don't use very often, as most are likely too busy to search through it anyway. 4.

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The bridge carries the trams in a grade separated manner over a busy road intersection.

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A blacksmith shop and a merry-go-round type swing completed the busy centre where nearly a hundred people attended the picnic in 1909.

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He is smart, rich, skillful and respected, but remains detached from most people because of his busy lifestyle.

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The fascinating panels often depict people fighting, drinking, carousing and otherwise taking part in busy town life.

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