saints in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for saints in the English»French Dictionary

saint [Brit seɪnt, s(ə)nt, Am seɪnt] N REL

saint fig

saint/-e m/f

Saint Mark

Saint Marc

to have the patience of a saint

avoir une patience d'ange

saint's day N

saint's day

fête f

patron saint N

patron saint

saint/-e m/f patron/-onne (of de)

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inner sanctum

saint m des saints

Translations for saints in the French»English Dictionary

I.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t] ADJ

1. saint (sacré):

saint (sainte)

holy

image sainte

holy image

les saints Apôtres

the holy apostles

saintes huiles

holy oils

la sainte Bible

the Holy Bible

semaine sainte

Holy Week

vendredi saint

Good Friday

jeudi saint

Maundy Thursday

2. saint (canonisé):

saint Paul/Ignace de Loyola/Thomas d'Aquin

Saint Paul/Ignatius Loyola/Thomas Aquinas

3. saint (vertueux):

saint (sainte)

good, godly

4. saint (pour insister) inf:

toute la sainte journée

the whole blessed day inf

j'ai une sainte horreur de qc

I can't stand sth

II.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t] N m (f)

saint (sainte)

saint

ce n'est pas une sainte, il lui arrive de se mettre en colère!

she's no saint, she sometimes gets cross

se prendre pour un saint/une sainte

to think one is perfect

elle croit que son fils est un (petit) saint

she thinks her son is perfect, in her eyes her son can do no wrong

III.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t]

le saint des saints lit, fig

the Holy of Holies

les saints de glace

the 11th, 12th and 13th May

les saints Innocents

the Holy Innocents

le saint suaire

the Holy Shroud

la sainte Église catholique

the Holy Catholic Church

la sainte famille

the Holy family

sainte nitouche pej

goody-goody inf, pej

ne fais pas ta sainte nitouche

don't be such a goody-goody inf

je ne supporte pas ses airs de sainte nitouche!

I can't stand it when she's doing her goody-goody act! inf

sainte table

communion rail

la Sainte Vierge

the Virgin Mary

les saintes Écritures

the Holy Scriptures

IV.saint (sainte) [sɛ̃, sɛ̃t]

jurer par tous les saints (du Paradis)

to swear by all the saints

See also vouer, prêcher

I.vouer [vwe] VB trans

1. vouer (porter):

vouer un sentiment à qn

to nurse a feeling for sb

il leur voue une haine farouche/un amour profond

he nurses a deep hatred of them/a deep love for them

vouer une reconnaissance éternelle à qn

to be ou feel eternally grateful to sb

vouer un véritable culte à qn

to (hero-)worship sb

la passion qu'ils vouent à leur ville

their passionate love for ou devotion to their town

2. vouer (destiner):

vouer

to doom

film voué à l'échec

film doomed to failure, film bound to fail

jeune fille vouée au célibat

girl destined to remain unmarried

le manque de médecins voue la population aux maladies endémiques

the lack of doctors makes endemic disease inevitable

vouer qn à la vindicte publique

to expose sb to public condemnation

3. vouer (consacrer):

vouer sa vie/son temps à qc

to devote one's life/one's time to sth

pays voué à l'élevage

country entirely given over to cattle-breeding

4. vouer (dédier):

vouer qn à Dieu/un saint

to dedicate sb to God/a saint

II.se vouer VB refl

1. se vouer (se consacrer):

se vouer à qc

to devote oneself to sth

2. se vouer (se porter):

ils se vouent une haine féroce

they hate each other intensely

III.vouer [vwe]

je ne sais plus à quel saint me vouer

I don't know which way to turn

I.prêcher [pʀeʃe] VB trans

1. prêcher REL:

prêcher Évangile

to preach

prêcher la bonne parole

to spread the Word

2. prêcher (recommander):

prêcher patience, modération

to advocate

elle prêche l'impossible

she is advocating the impossible

prêcher la patience à qn

to urge sb to be patient

II.prêcher [pʀeʃe] VB intr

prêcher

to preach

III.prêcher [pʀeʃe]

prêcher le faux pour savoir le vrai

to tell a lie in order to get at the truth

prêcher pour son saint ou sa paroisse

to promote one's own cause

saint-honoré <pl saint-honoré> [sɛ̃tɔnɔʀe] N m FOOD

saint-honoré

Saint-Honoré (cream-filled tart topped with choux and caramel)

saint-glinglin <à la saint-glinglin> [alasɛ̃ɡlɛ̃ɡlɛ̃] ADV inf

saint-glinglin

probably never

rester/attendre jusqu'à la saint-glinglin

to stay/wait till the cows come home inf

saint-frusquin <pl saint-frusquin> [sɛ̃fʀyskɛ̃] N m inf

tout le saint-frusquin

the whole caboodle inf

saint-bernard <pl saint-bernard> [sɛ̃bɛʀnaʀ] N m

saint-bernard

St Bernard

c'est un vrai saint-bernard fig

he's/she's a real Good Samaritan

saint-cyrien <pl saint-cyriens> [sɛ̃siʀjɛ̃] N m

saint-cyrien (ancien élève)

graduate of St Cyr

saint-cyrien (élève)

student at St Cyr

saints in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for saints in the English»French Dictionary

saint [seɪnt] N a. fig

saint

saint(e) m (f)

Saint Peter

Saint-Pierre m

to be no saint

ne pas être un saint

Translations for saints in the French»English Dictionary

I.saint(e) [sɛ͂, sɛ͂t] ADJ

1. saint REL:

saint(e)

holy

saintes huiles

holy oils

jeudi saint

Maundy Thursday

vendredi saint

Good Friday

samedi saint

Easter Saturday

2. saint antéposé (inspiré par la piété):

une sainte colère

an almighty rage

II.saint(e) [sɛ͂, sɛ͂t] N m(f)

saint REL:

saint(e)

saint

saint patron

patron saint

le saint des saints

the Holy of Holies

Phrases:

ne pas savoir à quel saint se vouer

not to know which way to turn

saint-lucien(ne) [sɛ͂lysjɛ͂, ɛn] ADJ

saint-lucien(ne)

Saint Lucian

saint-cyrien(ne) <saint-cyriens> [sɛ͂siʀjɛ͂, jɛn] N m(f):(f)

saint-cyrien(ne)

military cadet from the St. Cyr academy

sacro-saint(e) <sacro-saints> [sakʀosɛ͂, sɛ͂t] ADJ iron hum

sacro-saint(e)

sacrosanct

saint-bernard <saint-bernard(s)> [sɛ͂bɛʀnaʀ] N m

1. saint-bernard (chien):

saint-bernard

St. Bernard

2. saint-bernard (âme secourable):

saint-bernard

good samaritan

saint-frusquin [sɛ͂fʀyskɛ͂] N m inv inf

saint-frusquin

gear

saint-gallois (saint-galloise) [sɛ͂galwa, waz] ADJ

saint-gallois (saint-galloise)

of Sankt Gallen

saint-honoré [sɛ͂tɔnɔʀe] N m inv

saint-honoré

pastry topped with cream and meringue

saint-glinglin [sɛ͂glɛ͂glɛ͂] N f sans pl inf

à la saint-glinglin

one fine day

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This, in essence, is the secret of the holiness and the true success of the saints.

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For the feast days of patron saints, cut paper banners are strung over roads and hung in windows.

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The baptismal font is also medieval, as are two separate sculptures of saints.

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This makes him one of the patron saints of literary minimalism.

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Then having quite a swell time, half-sympathy, half-gloating but over all mischievous, he rushed, posthaste, to partition the dramatis personae into saints and sinners.

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The vault paintings depict the scenes from lives of some patron saints.

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There are many other saints whose recognition is highly localised.

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The two saints then submitted to martyrdom, having proved their point and demonstrated their faith.

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In it, he refers to himself as the "servant of servants" of these saints.

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He therefore strove hard for the abolition of auricular confession, prayers for the dead, invocation of saints, and unhealthy veneration of sacraments.

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