virtues in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for virtues in the English»French Dictionary

I.virtue [Brit ˈvəːtʃuː, ˈvəːtjuː, Am ˈvərtʃu] N

1. virtue (goodness, good quality, chastity):

virtue

vertu f

to lose/preserve one's virtue

perdre/préserver sa vertu

a woman of easy virtue

une femme de petite vertu

2. virtue (advantage):

virtue

avantage m

to have the virtue of convenience or of being convenient

avoir l'avantage d'être pratique

to extol the virtues of sth

vanter les mérites de qc

II.by virtue of PREP

by virtue of

en raison de

III.virtue [Brit ˈvəːtʃuː, ˈvəːtjuː, Am ˈvərtʃu]

virtue is its own reward prov

la vertu est sa propre récompense

to make a virtue of necessity

faire de nécessité vertu

cardinal virtue N

cardinal virtue

vertu f cardinale

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wifely virtues, duties

conjugal

to extol the virtues of

chanter les louanges de

a paragon of virtue

un parangon de vertu

exemplary behaviour, virtue, life

exemplaire

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vertus théologales

theological virtues

prôner

to advocate, to extol the virtues of

vertu

(moral) virtue

d'une grande vertu

of great moral virtue

vertu

virtue

perdre/protéger sa vertu

to lose/protect one's virtue ou honour

de petite vertu

of easy virtue

vertu

virtue

vertu (de choses abstraites)

virtue

en vertu de

by virtue of

faire de nécessité vertu

to make a virtue of necessity

un parangon de vertu

a paragon of virtue

virtues in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for virtues in the English»French Dictionary

virtue [ˈvɜr·tʃu] N

1. virtue (good moral quality):

virtue

vertu f

2. virtue (advantage):

virtue

mérite m

the virtue of having sth

l'avantage m d'avoir qc

to extol the virtues of sth

vanter les vertus de qc

Phrases:

to make a virtue (out) of sth

faire de qc une vertu

to make a virtue of necessity

faire de la nécessité une vertu

by virtue of form

en vertu de

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to extol the virtues of sb/sth

chanter les louanges de qn/qc

the embodiment of virtue

la vertu personnifiée

to exalt sth as a virtue

élever qc au rang de vertu

paragon of virtue

parangon m

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vertu

virtue

vertu

virtue

en vertu de

by virtue of