opposite in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for opposite in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] N

II.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] ADJ

III.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] ADV

IV.opposite [Brit ˈɒpəzɪt, ˈɒpəsɪt, Am ˈɑpəzət] PREP

Translations for opposite in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
opposite
opposite
from the opposite camp
opposite camp
opposite slope
tirer à hue et à dia
to pull in opposite directions
to live opposite the prison
person opposite
person who lives opposite
I asked the person opposite for a light
opposite each other
sitting opposite each other
to be on opposite sides of the fence
to say the opposite of what sb says (de about, on)

opposite in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for opposite in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt, Am ˈɑ:pə-] N

II.opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt, Am ˈɑ:pə-] ADJ

III.opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt, Am ˈɑ:pə-] ADV (facing)

IV.opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt, Am ˈɑ:pə-] PREP

Translations for opposite in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
opposite
opposite
opposite
the opposite is true
opposite
directly opposite
opposite
opposite
opposite the church
person opposite
building opposite
to be the total opposite of sth
opposé(e) MATH
opposite
to sleep at opposite ends of the bed

opposite Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he did just the opposite
to be opposite to sth
the opposite side of the street
to be opposite to sth
the building opposite
to sit opposite (one another)
to do precisely the opposite
to be the total opposite of sth
to sleep at opposite ends of the bed
to go to the opposite extreme
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The opposite approach is known as semasiology: here one starts with a word and asks what it means, or what concepts the word refers to.
en.wikipedia.org
The specimen did not drop down into pieces caused by glass breakage, and flame did not penetrate through the specimen to the opposite side of the furnace.
www.glassonweb.com
These psychological differences are sorted into four opposite pairs, or "dichotomies", with a resulting eight possible psychological types.
en.wikipedia.org
Although many hospitals had been reformed and expanded, allegations of medical negligence were becoming widespread, although inquiries were showing the opposite.
en.wikipedia.org
Ironic similes are a form of verbal irony where a speaker intends to communicate the opposite of what they mean.
en.wikipedia.org
Since this mapping identifies opposite sides of the parallelogram as being the same, the fundamental parallelogram has the topology of a torus.
en.wikipedia.org
Blue-green, herringbone-patterned leaves occur in opposite pairs about the stem.
en.wikipedia.org
He instead looked for the opposite effect, that is, that spinning a ferromagnet could change its magnetization.
en.wikipedia.org
The foliage is opposite, simple with dentate margins, wrinkly (with depressed veins), ovate, and with long petioles.
en.wikipedia.org
They said that they were not prepared to go carrying their money and valuables to the opposite bank of the river in exchange for food.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Choose your language Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski