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down1

Pronunciation: /daʊn/

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French translation of down

When used to indicate vague direction, down often has no explicit translation in French: to go down to London = aller à Londres; down in Brighton = à Brighton.— For examples and further usages, see the entry below.

A. adv

  • 1to go or come down = descendre to fall down = tomber to sit down on the floor = s'asseoir par terre to pull down a blind = baisser un store down below = en bas the telephone lines are down = les lignes téléphoniques sont coupées face down [fall] = face contre terre; [lie] = à plat ventre (in water); = le visage dans l'eau
  • 2 (lower) profits are well down on last year's = les bénéfices sont nettement inférieurs à ceux de l'année dernière to get one's weight down = maigrir I'm down to my last cigarette = il ne me reste plus qu'une cigarette
  • 3 [Sport] to be two sets down [tennis player] = perdre par deux sets
  • 4 (as deposit) to pay £40 down = payer 40 livres sterling comptant

B. prep

  • to go down the street = descendre la rue to run down the hill = descendre la colline en courant to go down town = aller en ville they live down the road = ils habitent un peu plus loin dans la rue

C. adj

  • 1 (colloq) to feel down = être déprimé/-e
  • 2 [escalator] qui descend
  • 3 [computer] en panne

Idioms

it's down to you to do it

c'est à toi de le faire

down with tyrants!

down in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of down in the British & World English dictionary Definition of down in the US English dictionary
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