obvious in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for obvious in the English»French Dictionary

I.obvious [Brit ˈɒbvɪəs, Am ˈɑbviəs] N

to state the obvious

enfoncer les portes ouvertes

statement of the obvious

lapalissade f

II.obvious [Brit ˈɒbvɪəs, Am ˈɑbviəs] ADJ

1. obvious (evident):

obvious

évident (to pour)

it's obvious that…

il est évident que…

her anxiety was obvious

il était évident qu'elle était inquiète

his disappointment was obvious to all

sa déception était écrite sur son visage

it was obvious to everyone that there had been a mistake

il était évident pour tout le monde qu'il y avait eu erreur

she is the obvious choice for the job

c'est la personne qu'il nous faut pour ce poste

it was the obvious solution to choose

la solution s'imposait d'elle-même

it was the obvious thing to do

c'était la chose à faire

the obvious thing to do would be to…

la chose à faire serait de…

for obvious reasons, I do not wish to discuss this

pour des raisons évidentes je ne veux pas en parler

2. obvious (unsubtle):

obvious lie

flagrant

obvious joke, symbolism

lourd

she was too obvious about it

elle a un peu trop manqué de finesse, on la voyait venir avec ses gros sabots inf

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screamingly obvious

absolument évident

it's glaringly obvious

c'est l'évidence même

to be blatantly obvious

être l'évidence même

to be blindingly obvious

sauter aux yeux

chillingly obvious

effroyablement

it was embarrassingly obvious

c'était tellement évident que cela en était gênant

Translations for obvious in the French»English Dictionary

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ostensible

obvious

aveuglant (aveuglante) vérité, fait

glaringly obvious

manifeste

obvious, manifest

obvious in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for obvious in the English»French Dictionary

I.obvious [ˈab·vi·əs] ADJ

obvious

évident(e)

obvious stain

voyant(e)

to make sth obvious to sb

rendre qc clair et distinct pour qn

II.obvious [ˈab·vi·əs] N

obvious

évidence f

to state the obvious

enfoncer des portes ouvertes

Translations for obvious in the French»English Dictionary

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lapalissade

statement of the obvious

manifeste

obvious

évident(e)

obvious

il est évident que qn a fait qc

it's obvious sb did sth

évidence

obvious fact

c'est une évidence

it's obvious

se rendre à l'évidence

to accept the obvious

refuser de se rendre à l'évidence

to ignore the obvious

aveuglant(e)

blindingly obvious

apparent(e)

obvious

visible

obvious

transparent(e)

obvious

se rendre à l'évidence fig

to accept the obvious

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is obvious that changing the phase by will not change and, correspondingly, will not change any physical properties.

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There are still many signs of the fire, the most obvious being that the 3rd floor window surrounds now stand proud of the roof.

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By the end of 2004, the scale of the reorganization became obvious.

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These changes have been described as unsurprising in light of the play's obvious political satire.

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This syndrome usually occurs for no obvious reason and is uncontrollable.

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It's obvious you haven't read any of the material!

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This saves them the pain of rigorous training so simple and general and limited that it seems obvious when "said", yet so difficult.

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In the following years the advantages of building iron ships became more obvious and the value of ships purely made of wood decreased perceptibly.

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The obvious privacy concern is that the energy use information stored at the meter acts as an information rich side channel.

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It was obvious that we were late to find them.

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