releva in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for releva in the French»English Dictionary

I.relever [ʀəl(ə)ve, ʀ(ə)ləve] VB trans

1. relever (remettre debout):

relever personne tombée, tabouret

to pick up

relever statue, clôture

to put [sth] back up (again)

2. relever (mettre à la verticale):

relever dossier de siège, manette

to raise

3. relever (bouger à nouveau):

relever la main (pour parler)

to put up one's hand again

relever les yeux ou le nez ou le front

to look up

relever la tête (redresser)

to raise one's head

relever la tête (pour voir)

to look up

relever la tête (ne pas être vaincu)

to refuse to accept defeat

4. relever:

relever (mettre plus haut) col

to turn up

relever jupe

to lift

relever vitre de voiture

to wind up

relever voile, store

to raise

relever (à nouveau) store, rideau de théâtre

to raise [sth] again

relever un coin du rideau

to lift up a corner of the curtain

relever ses cheveux

to put one's hair up

elle a toujours les cheveux relevés

she always wears her hair up

5. relever:

relever (constater) erreur, contradiction, signe

to note, to notice

relever fait, absence

to notice

relever (faire remarquer) erreur, contradiction

to point out

relever que …

to note that …

‘il t'a encore critiqué’—‘je n'ai pas relevé’

‘he criticized you again’—‘I didn't notice’

relever la moindre inexactitude

to seize on the slightest inaccuracy

6. relever (prendre note de):

relever date, nom, dimensions, numéro d'immatriculation

to take down, to note down

relever empreinte

to take

relever citation, passage

to note down

relever le compteur

to read the meter

7. relever (collecter):

relever copies d'examen

to take in

8. relever (réagir à):

relever remarque

to react to

relever la gageure ou le défi

to take up the challenge

relever un pari

to take on a bet

9. relever (reconstruire):

relever mur

to rebuild

relever pays, institution, industrie, économie

to put sth back on its feet

10. relever (augmenter):

relever niveau de vie, niveau d'études

to raise

relever taux d'intérêt, prix, productivité

to raise, to increase

relever les salaires de 3%

to put up ou increase salaries by 3%

relever toutes les notes de trois points

to put all the grades up by three marks

11. relever (remplacer):

relever équipe

to relieve

relever la garde

to change the guard, to relieve the guard

12. relever (donner plus d'attrait à):

relever plat

to spice up

relever une sauce avec de la moutarde

to spice a sauce up with mustard

relever un récit de détails amusants

to enliven a tale with amusing details

13. relever (libérer) form:

relever qn de vœux, obligation

to release sb from

relever qn de ses fonctions

to relieve sb of their duties

14. relever (en tricot):

relever une maille

to pick up a stitch

II.relever de VB trans obj indir

1. relever de (dépendre de):

notre service relève du ministère de la Défense

our department comes under the Ministry of Defence

2. relever de (être de la compétence de):

l'affaire relève de la Cour européenne de justice

the case comes within the competence of the European Court of Justice

cela ne relève pas de ma compétence/mes fonctions

this doesn't come within my competence/my duties

3. relever de (s'apparenter à):

cela relève de la gageure/du mythe

this comes close to being impossible/to being a myth

4. relever de (se rétablir):

relever de maladie

to be recovering from

III.se relever VB refl

1. se relever:

se relever (après une chute)

to pick oneself up

se relever (après avoir été assis)

to get up again

2. se relever (sortir du lit):

se relever

to get up again

se relever

to get out of bed again

3. se relever (être mis à la verticale):

se relever facilement dossier:

to be easy to raise

se relever automatiquement

to be raised automatically

4. se relever (être remonté):

se relever store:

to be raised

la vitre ne se relève plus

the window won't wind up Brit

la vitre ne se relève plus

the window won't roll up Am

5. se relever (se remettre):

se relever de maladie, chagrin, crise, scandale

to recover from

il ne s'en relèvera pas

he'll never recover from it

se relever de ses ruines

to rise from the ruins

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

rabattre/relever sa voilette

to put the veil down/up

relever son col frileusement

to pull up one's collar against the cold

relever son col d'un geste frileux

to pull up one's collar against the cold

Translations for releva in the English»French Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

grade up

relever

leaven speech, story

relever (with de)

fingerprinting kit

nécessaire m utilisé pour relever des empreintes digitales

force up exchange rate

relever

to come within or under sb's jurisdiction

relever de la compétence de qn

to be within/outside sb's jurisdiction

relever/ne pas relever de la juridiction de qn

he pounced on my mistake

il s'est jeté sur l'occasion de relever mon erreur

releva in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for releva in the French»English Dictionary

I.relever [ʀəl(ə)ve] VB trans

1. relever (redresser):

relever chaise, objet tombé

to pick up

relever blessé

to lift

relever qn

to help sb back up

2. relever (remonter):

relever qc col, siège, strapontin, cheveux

to put sth up

relever qc store, chaussettes

to pull sth up

relever sa voile

to lift one's veil

3. relever (noter):

relever adresse, renseignement, observation

to note

relever compteur

to read

relever l'électricité/le gaz

to read the electricity/gas meter

II.relever [ʀəl(ə)ve] VB intr

1. relever (se remettre):

relever de maladie

to recover after being sick

2. relever (dépendre de):

relever de la compétence de qn

to fall in sb's sphere (of competence)

relever du miracle

to be miraculous

III.relever [ʀəl(ə)ve] VB refl

relever se relever (se remettre debout):

relever

to get up

Translations for releva in the English»French Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

pick up on a mistake

relever

decommission

relever de ses fonctions

perk up

relever

perk up a. fig

relever

let up

faire se relever

to collect one's e-mail

relever sa boîte aux lettres électronique

to push sb/sth up

relever qn/qc

to take up/throw down the gauntlet

relever/jeter le gant

to jazz up food with spices

relever la nourriture avec des épices

spike

relever