keen in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for keen in the English»French Dictionary

I.keen [Brit kiːn, Am kin] N

keen

lamento m funèbre

II.keen [Brit kiːn, Am kin] ADJ

1. keen (eager):

keen admirer, attentions

fervent

keen applicant, candidate

motivé

to be keen on plan, project

tenir à

to be keen on plan, project

être chaud pour inf

idea I'm not too keen or not over-keen on the idea

je ne suis pas très chaud inf

to be keen on doing or to do

tenir à faire

to be keen for sb to do or on sb's doing

tenir à ce que qn fasse

to be keen that sb should do

tenir à ce que qn fasse

to look keen

avoir l'air tenté or partant inf

my wife wants to go but I'm not (too) keen or less than keen

ma femme veut y aller, mais je ne suis pas (trop) partant inf

2. keen (enthusiastic):

keen amateur, artist, campaigner, sportsplayer, supporter

enthousiaste

keen student

assidu

to be keen on activity

être passionné de

to be keen on animals

avoir une passion pour

he's keen on my sister, but my father's not too keen on him inf

il en pince pour ma sœur mais mon père ne l'encaisse pas inf

mad keen inf Brit

fana inf

3. keen (intense):

keen anticipation, appetite, delight, desire, interest

vif/vive

keen admiration, sense of loss

intense

4. keen (acute):

keen eye, intelligence

vif/vive

keen sight

perçant

keen hearing, sense of smell

fin

to have a keen eye for sth

avoir l'œil pour qc

5. keen (sharp):

keen lit blade

acéré

keen fig wit

vif/vive, mordant

keen draught, wind

pénétrant

keen air

vif/vive

6. keen (competitive):

keen price

défiant toute concurrence

keen competition, rivalry

intense

keen demand COMM

fort, dynamique

keen debate

animé

III.keen [Brit kiːn, Am kin] VB intr

keen

gémir (over sur)

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

he's a keen letter writer

il aime beaucoup écrire (des lettres)

to be a keen gardener (amateur)

être un passionné de jardinage

unfair/keen competition

concurrence déloyale/acharnée

Translations for keen in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

être féru de qc

to be very keen on sth

acéré (acérée) œil, regard

sharp, keen

froncer le nez fig

not to be very keen

son nez s'est froncé fig

he/she was not very keen

aigu (aiguë, aigüe) perception, sens

keen

il a un sens aigu du devoir

he's got a keen sense of duty

fana

mad keen Brit inf (de about)

ton histoire continue d'aiguiser les curiosités

your story still arouses keen interest

keen in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for keen in the English»French Dictionary

keen [ki:n] ADJ

1. keen (eager):

keen

enthousiaste

keen sportswoman

passionné(e)

to be keen on project, policy

tenir à

to be keen on artist, food, boyfriend, sport

adorer

to be keen on doing sth (want to do it)

tenir à faire qc

to be keen on doing sth (do it a lot)

adorer faire qc

to be keen to leave

avoir hâte de partir

I'm not keen on her/going inf

elle ne me plaît pas/ça ne m'emballe pas de partir

2. keen (perceptive):

keen mind, eye

vif(vive)

keen hearing, awareness

fin(e)

keen eyesight

perçant(e)

3. keen (extreme):

keen interest, desire

vif(vive)

keen competition

acharné(e)

4. keen (biting):

keen

mordant(e)

Translations for keen in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

développé(e) vue

keen

je n'y tiens pas particulièrement

I'm not particularly keen

être/ne pas être protocolaire

to be keen/not too keen on etiquette

aigu (aigüe) intelligence, perception

keen

avoir un sens aigu de qc

to have a keen sense of sth

ne pas y tenir

not to be very keen

être curieux de qc

to be keen on sth

être curieux de faire qc

to be keen on doing sth

être curieux d'apprendre qc

to be keen to learn sth

être avide d'apprendre

to be keen to learn

être amateur de films

to be a keen film-goer

je n'aime pas tellement ce vin

I'm not so keen on this wine

keen Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be keen on project, policy

tenir à

to be keen on artist, food, boyfriend, sport

adorer

to be keen on doing sth (want to do it)

tenir à faire qc

to be keen on doing sth (do it a lot)

adorer faire qc

I'm not keen on her/going inf

elle ne me plaît pas/ça ne m'emballe pas de partir

to be keen on doing sth

être curieux de faire qc

to be keen to learn sth

être curieux d'apprendre qc

I'm not so keen on this wine

je n'aime pas tellement ce vin

to be keen/not too keen on etiquette

être/ne pas être protocolaire

to have a keen sense of sth

avoir un sens aigu de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She was considered to be brilliant, charming, driven, elegant, forthright, and graceful with a keen wit and a lively, opinionated, and passionate personality.

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He was blue-eyed and keen-eyed and ruddy-cheeked with thick lustrous hair, blond and well-combed.

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He is remembered as a keen educationalist and in his time a mixed school was erected in the parish.

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Investigating and keen to head off accusations of demonic possession, the protagonists discover and explore a labyrinthine library in the abbey's forbidden principal tower.

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He has a keen sense of physical beauty in woman, and his verse is replete with suppressed passion, but he never sinks to sensuality.

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He has an unrelenting work ethic and a keen sense for business, which he has used to grow the family business substantially.

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He had a keen interest in photography and cinematography, and performed early experiments of color film, microcinematography and stereoscopic film.

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When some people learned that we lived next to a nudist colony, they were keen to come for a visit.

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This made him into a keen walker later on in life.

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With his keen business sense and financial acumen, he met with early success.

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