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Translations for beginning in the English»French Dictionary

I.beginning [Brit bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ, Am bəˈɡɪnɪŋ] N (start)

beginning

début m

beginning

commencement m

in or at the beginning

au départ, au début

since the beginning of March

depuis le début du mois de mars

at the beginning of September

début septembre

at the beginning of the month

au début du mois

from beginning to end

du début jusqu'à la fin

to go back to the beginning

reprendre au début

since the beginning of time

depuis la nuit des temps

in the Beginning was the Word

au commencement était le Verbe

II.beginnings N npl

1. beginnings (origins):

beginnings (of person, business)

débuts mpl

beginnings (of theory, movement)

origines fpl

his humble beginnings

ses modestes débuts

the theory has its beginnings in the 19th century

l'origine de la théorie remonte au XIX e siècle

to grow from small beginnings company:

s'agrandir après des débuts modestes

2. beginnings (start):

the beginnings of solution, trend

le début de

I.to begin with ADV

1. to begin with (at first):

to begin with

au début, au départ

I didn't understand to begin with

au début je n'ai pas compris

2. to begin with (firstly):

to begin with

d'abord, premièrement

3. to begin with (at all):

I wish I hadn't told her to begin with

pour commencer, je n'aurais jamais dû lui en parler

II.begin <pres part beginning, prét began, pp begun> [Brit bɪˈɡɪn, Am bɪˈɡɪn] VB trans

1. begin (start):

begin journey, list, meeting, job, game, meal

commencer (with par, avec)

begin adventure

se lancer dans

begin school

aller à

to begin to do

commencer à faire

it's beginning to rain

il commence à pleuvoir

to begin doing

commencer à faire

I began the letter (with) ‘Dear Sir’

j'ai commencé la lettre par ‘Monsieur’

‘well …, ’ she began

‘eh bien…, ’ commença-t-elle

I begin work next week

je commence à travailler la semaine prochaine

the builders begin work on Tuesday

les ouvriers commencent les travaux mardi

they began laughing or to laugh again

ils ont recommencé à rire

2. begin (start to use):

begin bottle, packet, jar

entamer, ouvrir

begin loaf

entamer

begin notebook, page

commencer

3. begin (start out):

begin career

débuter (as comme)

I began life as a farmer's son

je suis fils de fermier

we began married life in Scotland

quand nous étions jeunes mariés nous habitions en Écosse

this novel began life as a short story

ce roman a d'abord vu le jour sous la forme d'une nouvelle

4. begin (have slightest success):

I can't begin to describe it

il m'est impossible de le décrire

I don't begin to understand

vraiment, je ne comprends pas

I couldn't begin to imagine how he felt

je ne pouvais vraiment pas imaginer ce qu'il éprouvait

5. begin (initiate):

begin debate, dispute

provoquer

begin campaign, trend

lancer

begin tradition

commencer

begin war

déclencher

begin dynasty

fonder

to begin a conversation with

engager la conversation avec

6. begin (come first in):

begin series, collection, festival

marquer le commencement de

A begins the alphabet

l'alphabet commence par A

III.begin <pres part beginning, prét began, pp begun> [Brit bɪˈɡɪn, Am bɪˈɡɪn] VB intr

1. begin (commence):

begin custom, meeting, play, problem, storm, term:

commencer

let's begin

commençons

to begin with

commencer par

to begin by doing

commencer par faire

a name beginning with C

un nom qui commence par C

the week beginning the 25th

la semaine qui commence le 25

to begin in 1995/in May

commencer en 1995/en mai

your problems have only just begun!

tes problèmes ne font que commencer!

to begin well/badly

bien/mal commencer

to begin again

recommencer

after the war began

après le début de la guerre

before the lecture begins

avant le début de la conférence

2. begin (have its starting point):

begin river:

prendre sa source

the road begins in York

la route part de York

where does the national park begin?

où commence le parc national?

I.begin on VB [Brit bɪˈɡɪn -, Am bɪˈɡɪn -] (begin on [sth])

begin on cake, garden:

begin on

attaquer

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inauspicious beginning, circumstances

peu propice, de mauvais augure

to begin anew

recommençer

the strain is beginning to tell on him

on commence à voir sur lui les effets de la fatigue

her age is beginning to tell on her

elle commence à sentir or accuser son âge

I'm no more enlightened now than I was at the beginning

je n'en sais pas plus long or je ne suis pas plus avancé qu'au début

Translations for beginning in the French»English Dictionary

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commencement (phase initiale)

beginning

au commencement

at the beginning

dès le commencement

from the beginning ou start

le commencement de la fin

the beginning of the end

du commencement à la fin

from start to finish, from beginning to end

commencez par le commencement

start ou begin at the beginning

amorce (de processus, discussion, changement)

initiation, beginning

amorce (de route, voie ferrée)

initial section, beginning

la moutarde me monte au nez inf!

I'm beginning to see red!

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Translations for beginning in the English»French Dictionary

I.beginning N

1. beginning (start):

beginning

commencement m

at the beginning

au début

from beginning to end

du début à la fin

to make a beginning

faire ses débuts

2. beginning (origin):

beginning

origine f

the beginnings of humanity

l'aube f de l'humanité

II.beginning ADJ

beginning

initial(e)

I.begin <-nn-, began, begun> [bɪ·ˈgɪn] VB trans

begin

commencer

to begin work/a phase

commencer le travail/une phase

to begin a conversation

engager la conversation

to begin to count [or counting]

commencer à compter

II.begin <-nn-, began, begun> [bɪ·ˈgɪn] VB intr (start)

begin

commencer

to begin with

premièrement

to begin with a song

commencer par une chanson

“well”, he began ...

“bon”, commença-t-il ...

begin on VB trans insep

begin on

se mettre à

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to begin anew

recommencer

at the beginning/end of [or in early/late] April

début/fin avril

Translations for beginning in the French»English Dictionary

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commencement

beginning

il y a un commencement à tout

you have to begin somewhere

début

beginning

au début de qc

at the beginning of sth

du début à la fin

from beginning to end

origine

beginning

à l'origine

in the beginning

dès l'origine

from the beginning

commencer

to begin

commencer événement

to begin

commencer par qc/par faire qc

to begin with sth/by doing sth

son crâne commence à se dénuder

he is beginning to go bald

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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In 1860, there was the first demarcations of property lines and attributions of street names, marking the beginning of urbanization.

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In addition, he taught Roman law beginning in the year 1482.

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Baby-led weaning allows babies to control their solid food consumption by self-feeding from the very beginning of their experiences with food.

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This was the first of many recordings with the compadres (literally familial compatriots), and the beginning of a long friendship and working relationship.

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The rest of the story took me awhile, but the beginning and the end just flew into my head.

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The height of the joy, the moment when the world can improve no further, is both the end of joy and the beginning of melancholy.

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Elevator music is typically set to a very simple melody so that it can be unobtrusively looped back to the beginning.

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At the beginning, these valves are large but the left venous valve and the septum spurium fuse with the developing atrial septum.

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The beginning of downsizing the fire department began in the 1950s.

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Negative-based paper prints, used from the beginning of the 1850s, were produced on salt paper until around 1857 when salt was replaced by albumen.

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