confine in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for confine in the English»French Dictionary

I.confine [Brit kənˈfʌɪn, Am kənˈfaɪn] VB trans

1. confine (in room, cell, prison, ghetto):

confine person

confiner (in, to dans)

confine mental patient

interner (in, to dans)

confine animal

enfermer (in dans)

to be confined to bed

être alité

to be confined to the house

être obligé de rester à la maison

to be confined to barracks MIL

être consigné au quartier

2. confine (limit):

confine comments etc

limiter (to à)

the problem is not confined to old people

le problème ne concerne pas uniquement les personnes âgées

3. confine dated MED:

to be confined

être en couches

II.to confine oneself to VB refl

to confine oneself to refl:

to confine oneself to

se contenter de

to confine oneself to doing

se contenter de faire

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to talk in/confine oneself to generalities

parler de/s'en tenir à des généralités

Translations for confine in the French»English Dictionary

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endiguer

to confine

claustrer

to confine

consigner MIL soldat

to confine (dans, à to)

séquestrer LAW personne

to confine [sb] illegally

cantonner qn dans un lieu

to confine sb to a place

limite tes recherches à un aspect particulier du problème

confine ou restrict your research to a particular aspect of the problem

limitez-vous au sujet

confine yourself to the subject

confiner qn dans une pièce

to confine sb to a room

clouer au lit/chez soi

to confine [sb] to bed/to one's home

confine in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for confine in the English»French Dictionary

I.confine [ˈkan·faɪn] VB trans

1. confine (limit):

confine

limiter

to be confined to bed

être cloué au lit

2. confine (imprison, keep indoors):

confine

enfermer

3. confine MIL:

to be confined to quarters

être consigné

II.confine [ˈkan·faɪn] N

the confines

les limites fpl

to be beyond the confines of sb's understanding

dépasser la compréhension de qn

Translations for confine in the French»English Dictionary

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aliter

to confine to bed

cantonner qn dans qc

to confine sb to sth

se cantonner dans qc

to confine oneself to sth

enfermer qn/qc dans le rôle de ...

to confine sb/sth in the role of ...

s'en tenir à qc

to confine oneself to sth

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Mining was seasonal, confined largely to winter time.

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They were confined grids rather than a free-roam environment.

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Wooded areas are confined to the northwest and northeast of the plateau.

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This parasitic mode of life is most often confined to the larvae with the adults usually leading free lives.

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She is confined with other girls in a dark room, lit by a flickering lightbulb.

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It specializes in very large-scale tests which would be hazardous within the confines of the main campus.

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More importantly even though it does not create new material and is confined to what already exists, it is not necessarily powerless.

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Ions are electrostatically confined raising the density and increasing the fusion rate.

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Otters have recently recolonised the upper reaches of the river, however the water vole is now confined to a few isolated populations.

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Once inside, the electrons are confined by the magnetic fields.

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